Chasing His Kickass Luna Back by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0161
Karl

It’s almost midnight when I put my car in park in the dimly lit alleyway, and I can’t believe I’m here right

now.

“Abby will see how much you care once you get these for her,” my wolf says, satisfied.

“Yeah,” I answer out loud as I cautiously get out of the car. “We’ll see about that.”

Two days ago, I finally found a lead on those truffles for Abby. I found the dealer through a sketchy

website, but he seemed legitimate enough. I just hope that it goes well, and like my wolf said, that Abby

sees how much I care after this.

My eyes dart around, taking in the cracked asphalt and graffiti-covered walls. The shady location

couldn’t be further from what I expected when it comes to cooking ingredients, but desperate times call

for desperate measures, I guess.

“You Karl?” A raspy voice pulls me from my thoughts. A tall, skinny man almost seems to materialize

from the shadows, his eyes shifty, avoiding direct eye contact.

“That’s me,” I respond, my voice tight. “You said you had the truffles?”

pulling out a vacuum-sealed bag from the depths of his

“Best you’ll find in the

something about this

mind if I inspect them

eyes narrowing. “Erm, sure,” he finally says, handing me

are genuine.”

a sense of the aroma and the

a fairly good sense of what fancy mushrooms should

it hits me. The smell is all wrong. They’re

It almost smells like chemicals. Frowning, I run my

face when

hell is this?” I ask flatly, locking my

“They’re black

aren’t even real mushrooms, let alone black truffles,”

gonna pay ten grand for some mulch or whatever

“Listen, I—”

collar of his

atching back the money from his pocket. “Bad move,”

I finally recognize as fear.

me go.”

him back, my eyes still locked onto his. “Don’t let me see your face

is pounding as I walk back to my car, the

this… over truffles? What kind

Abby empty-handed. Not after everything. I promised that

those truffles for her, and I’ll find them