Chasing His Kickass Luna Back novel Chapter 5

Karl

Tiffany smiles, gazing across at Abby, who seems frozen in her chair behind the counter. I look between them for a moment, and it’s easy to imagine that Abby is drawing all kinds of conclusions about what Tiffany, and I are to each other.

I only came to the capital for the Alpha party, and without a Luna, I decided I should invite my cousin Tiffany to come along. She recently returned from eight years of studying abroad, and I figured it would be a good way for us to catch up.

I don’t get a lot of free time, and I couldn’t exactly show up at the party without a suitable female companion. It seemed like a good way to kill two birds with one stone.

Although, I’m beginning to regret letting her blackmail me into this particular outing. After eight years apart, I forgot how strong-willed my cousin can be. When Tiffany wants something, she tends to get it. I tried explaining that I’m way too busy to go traipsing around to different food joints, but she wasn’t having it.

“We need to book at a restaurant, like now,” she said, leaning against my desk with her arms crossed. “And clearly sending someone else to do it for you didn’t work.”

“I’m too busy.”

She frowned. “If you want me to come to this party with you, then you’d better get up and come to this restaurant with me.”

“I don’t even want to go to this party,” I grumbled. It wasn’t like I had ample time to attend social engagements. The time would have been better spent working for the pack.

She rolled her eyes. “Karl, you need to make an appearance, and you need me on your arm since you insist on not finding another Luna. Now get up. I don’t want to get there too late.”

So here we are, using my status to get us a decent spot for the party. I’m just hoping we get this over with soon, so I can get back to work. I’m in no mood to drag this night out any longer than it needs to be.

Since my divorce, I haven't eaten gourmet food of any kind. That was more Abby’s thing than mine. If it were up to me, I’d be perfectly fine just having my supplements. Other than a few business banquets, where I eat small bites of food out of politeness, I haven’t really made the effort to eat a fancy meal. I don’t have the time, and I don’t care much for the rituals of it.

When Tiffany decided I should make the appointment in person, I didn’t have the will to argue with her about it. She’s dead set on booking the best restaurant in town for the Alpha party, and this place seems to be her top choice. I don’t really know anything about food, so I’m mostly just here to tag along and ‘be my Alpha self,’ as she put it. I just wasn’t expecting to walk in and see Abby.

Tiffany and Abby never met, and it’s clear that neither one of them knows who the other is. We’ve been broken up for three years, and she looks completely different from the last time I saw her. Her hair is blonde again for one, and she’s filled out a little. I can’t help but think about how good her curves looked in that black dress the other night.

As her wide blue eyes meet mine, my wolf mentally curses me. He wants Abby, and he’s pissed at me for leaving her. This isn’t the first time he’s argued with me about it but seeing her again has definitely brought it to the forefront of both our minds.

Tiffany steps forward to talk to Abby, and I take the moment to respond to my wolf. I don’t know why he’s so adamant I get her back when he knows perfectly well what she did. It’s not like I ended things with her for no reason.