Chapter 95

The waiter came with their food and Xandar reluctantly let go of Lucianne’s hands as the plates were placed on the table. His mate thanked the waiter with a polite smile before she turned back to Xandar and said, “Menacing in intention was what I meant, my darling. It’s like you said, the Lycans never did anything for us but every year they would take fifty percent of our pack’s revenue…well, until eighteen years ago, that is. Thank you for lowering it to ten percent, by the way.”

He sighed in dismay, “Oh dear, Goddess.”

“I just spoiled your appetite, didn’t I? Maybe we should have talked about your mother or Aunt Reida first.”

A wide smile graced his features again and he reached for her hand before he said, “I would say that looking at you only increases my appetite but I’m not sure how well I can control my arousal if we trailed along that line of conversation so let’s just leave that there.” He caught the stern look she was throwing his way and he chuckled.