Chapter 243. A Whole New Life

Kelly

Eli warns me in the mind-link that he’s getting close. I brace myself so I won’t startle and make noise, and when he moves in behind me, ducking down behind the airport’s front desk with me, I nod without looking back at him. I’m too focused on the conversation in front of me.

“When do we get paid?” demands the guy whose name I’d deduced was Ralph, his mouth turned down in a frown.

“I dunno,” says Jim, the other guy I’d been watching. “King Gene said we had to keep ‘em for a while longer.”

“How much longer?” Ralph asks. “I got bills to pay.”

“And I don’t?” asks Jim. “Just shut up and do your job, and the payout will be so much that you’ll never worry about money again.”

Apparently, that’s enough for Eli, who has called in the others and now stands up confidently and walks across the room. Ralph and Jim freeze; it’s obvious that Eli is a powerful Alpha, and they know they’re done for.

“Yeah, you won’t be mind-linking an