Alec and I glanced at each other before looking back at them. “Well?” I asked, the silence was killing me.
“We decided to open a girls camp with that land!” Penny’s voice raised a few octaves.
That wasn’t what I was expecting but that was still a good idea. “A girls’ camp?” Alec asked.
“I haven’t worked out all the details but we decided to use it to help the youth. We might add some training camps for future warriors but yeah!” Penny was looking around, wanting a big reaction.
“That’s awesome!” I said, snapping out of my funk. Colt was looking at me but I tried as best as I could to fake being happy.
It wasn’t that I was unhappy, I hadn’t even thought about that land for months. I was still stuck on Ann dying. “I think that is a great use for the land. What other options did you guys think of?” Alec asked. His hand reached over and gripped my thigh.
“Golf course for the casino. Which, we finally got the paperwork finalized. The casino is officially under the Blue Fang pack name!”
“Oh, wow! That’s exciting!” A genuine smile came to my face.
“I know. We will have to clean house and go through it all. I’ll need help with the books and everything.” Penny looked at me, pleading with me to agree.
“Of course! Whatever you need.”
Everyone had finished their meals at this point. Wanting to put some distance between myself and them, I got up and started clearing the dishes. They were talking about the possiblities the casino offered. Pulling out the cheesecake, I cut three slices and put them in front of them.
“That would be ideal!” Penny smiled and dug into her desert.
“Not eating, Ice?”
“Not feeling like cheesecake.” Standing up, I went over to the alcohol cabinet, poured myself a jack and went back to the table.
“I meant to ask, did you have a dress for the Winter ball?” Penny asked me.
“I actually don’t. I need to go find one.”
“Good. Can we go tomorrow? I have an opening and was hoping you could help me.”
“I don’t think I have anything impressing I have to do.” I said as I took a sip.
“I think we better head out.” Colt said as he took the empty cheesecake dishes and put them in the kitchen.
Penny’s phone started ringing. “Oh, shoot. I need to take this.” She said and walked away as she answered the phone.
“Come on, Ice.” Colt walked around the island and stood beside me.
“What?” I was washing the dishes and he put his hand on top of mine.
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