Blame the goddess ✔️

Chapter 15A - The first time, ever I...

Rafe's POV

A week has passed since my mating ritual. Things have gone back to normal. Normal in the sense that Georgiana and Raul are on a trip to a winery in California. Callum is meeting his business partners at Esme's for the day. They told him they have something to tell him. There is absolute quiet in the Silvern household. Thank the Sun god.

"Uncle Rafe, I need your help," Freddy stalks into my office. I spoke too soon.

"I need a lift to Crimson River Pack."

"You have been going to Salim's pack a lot lately, what's going on?"

"Nothing. Just visiting friends."

"I hope you've put a stop to your other activity?"

"I told you just one more, and I'm done."

"I don't want to incur your mother's wrath so be careful. The plane is at your disposal. Have fun. Have you seen Julian around?"

"No, but his car is here. Glad I'm leaving if he's here," she sneers.

"Why this constant animosity towards your uncle?"

"He's not my uncle, second cousin, not uncle. Thank the Sun god."

"He's as close as one, so..."

"Hello Rafe," Julian walks in.

"Julian, just in time. We need to talk about 'nightwalker' issue. I have some updates."

"Good, the sooner we solve this, the sooner the Originals can get off your back, right? Hello Freddy."

"Julian. Bye, Uncle Rafe, I should be back in a week or so."

"A week? Does your mom know?"

"Nah, what she doesn't know won't hurt her," she sings.

"I could tell her," Julian jokes.

"You do, and you will regret it, second cousin Julian," Freddy glares at him and leaves.

"Scary, like mother like daughter," Julian laughs.

"I won't have it any other way. Anyway, to bring you up to speed, I found out that the mastermind is settling down in Nebraska with his rogues and nightwalkers. The midway point between our clan and Tobias clan. I notified Darric, Salim and Tobias. With 'were' involvement, we'll need every help we can get."

"Smart! How did you find out the location of the group? And why don't we just go there and wipe out the whole lot of them?"

"That'll be a temporary fix. If we don't find the ones involved, they'll just move somewhere else and start over." Roman's involvement is something only Tobias and I know and wish to keep a secret.

"True."

The day went by as we handle more family business. Julian left after a few hours.

"What am I going to do Rafe?" Callum rushes into my office, walking up and down, agitated in tears.

I stop him, holding his shoulders. "What's wrong?"

"They don't want to be my partners anymore. They said I can handle Wood Inc., all by myself. They said they want to do their own thing. They said..."

"Slow down." I hug him to calm him down. I lead him to the sofa and sit beside him.

"Now, let's start from the beginning. What happened?"

"Well I got to Esme's and after we checked in with the Johnsons, by the way, we are invited to their wedding. It's in a month."

"Got it. What happened after you checked in with the Johnsons?"