Chapter 90

Having Ava over for dinner gave me much to think about. She never said anything in front of Valen, so I had been Waiting patiently for her to leave. When Tatum picked her up to run her back to the hotel, I wanted to ask Valen about Nixon's son.

Valarian was now in bed, and I groaned when I saw Valen walking out of the hall in just a pair of shorts. He started moving the furniture in the living room, pushing it against the windows. Putting the last few dishes in the dishwasher, I washed my hands before wandering over to him. He points to the couch, where he sets some yoga pants and my sports bra.

"Can't we have at least one night off?” I asked him. His only answer was him moving the last piece of furniture out of the way. I rolled my eyes. I was tired enough and bloody hot. The last thing I wanted to do was training in the living room and become hot and sweaty.

I tried to sneak off to shower, yet Valen wasn't having that.

"Don't even think about it?" Valen growls, and I take off running for the room. I shoved the door open and had nearly escaped when his arms wrapped around my waist, tugging me back.
"Nice try," He says, turning me and walking me back toward the living room.

"We can have one night off, please. Besides, I want to talk to you, not bloody fight you,” I whine.

"We can do both, multitask," he says, and I groan, turning to dead weight in his arms. Valen laughs and continues to drag me toward the living room; I grip the door jam on the bathroom, not wanting to train.

"Everly," he laughs, prying my fingers off the door. "You wanted to challenge your father; therefore, you train, or | kill him, which is it?"

"Nope, I am too tired," I tell him.

"So am IJ, but you're training,”

"Can I bribe you with sexual favors?"
"Hmm, I'm listening? What sort of sexual favors?"

"The sort where I can sleep and not have to do anything," I tell him.

"Wait, you want to bribe me with sex, but I gotta do the work?" he chuckles.
"What about an IOU?" I ask.

"Na, I will pass. I will be fucking you anyway; I was more thinking you could suck my dick, but since you want to have vanilla sex, I would rather train,” Valen says.

"Not Vanilla, I was more thinking old man style," I tell him while he tries to get me to stand, but I go all floppy.

"Old man style?" he asks.

"Yeah, where we lay on our sides so I can nap," I laugh.

ass up and help me drag the mats out. He says, dropping me on my butt beside the TV. "Run, and I will drag you back," he says while walking off to his little Gym

"Everly!" he calls out.

am bloody coming," I growl before stalking after him. Valen comes out with a rolled-up blue mat as I pass him

it down the narrow hallway to the living room. Valen was unrolling the other one before he came over and helped me undo the strap that held it together. He unrolled it, and that was already enough exercise for me. "Everly, hurry up,” Valen says when I go to lay on the couch. I roll my eyes but snatch up my clothes and quickly run into the bathroom to slip them on before returning to the

you know a-" The moment I step on it, lam thrown on my back when he sweeps my feet out from under me. Valen laughs while I glare up at him. He offers me his hand, and I growl at him, slapping his

looking for an opening. "Something Ava said to me," I told him. "What did she say?” he asks, swinging at me,

he blocks me and pins me to the damn floor. I lift my hips, trying to

want to say because it may piss you off," I tell him, trying to get an advantage over him, but I

get out of this one," Valen growls at me, but I give up, dropping back on the floor. It was too damn hot for this

damn AC on at least,” I snapped at him. He growls, pushing off my wrists

for me to get back to my feet, but I refuse and just lay there on the

growls, reaching down to grab my wrist and haul me to my feet, but as soon as he gets close enough and bends down to grab my hips, I turn on my side and kick his legs out from under him. He lands on his

I! was supposed to be married off to," I tell

now?" he growls; I shrug.

him a few times at meetings,

"What do you mean?"

years since I saw him last,

shakes his head. "No, Carter's mother was a forsaken, and the woman you see with Nixon

Carter's mother is forsaken, why did he go looking for

an eye on. When Nixon met Leah, she was an Omega,

stayed in the city for a while before

"Nixon's first wife was an arranged marriage. He never marked her. She found out about Leah and attacked her. Leah stabbed her

mistress over her still, and it sent her over the edge, and she left the city. Carter went looking for her not long after

lived?" I

know why that made a difference, but he was sick for a bit. Dad said he was never the

"What do you mean?”

So, Iam surprised his father brought him back to the city, he may have survived being attacked by his mother, but the poison still had some effect on

said she met him, and

marry me off to him then, knowing that? Seems extreme to malry your daughter off over a debt, especially

debt?" Valen asked, bracing his arms on his knees. "Yes, I think that is why

is the debt?" Valen asks. I

was willing to marry Ava off to you so she could hand over half your territory to Nixon," I

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