Chapter 126

SHADOW

My eyes filled with tears. I’d never laughed so loud in a while— one big belly laugh.

I may be a human now, but I learned a lot in a short while. Or I just learned from the best, and my determination and vulnerability were my best motivations for getting something done despite the pain, the hollowness, and those bruises I still carried with me.

“There’s no way she did that,” Zack still tried to convince Califf that I cheated.

“Well, it’s just the two of you who made the shots. Just give the money she won, or she will shoot you with a silver bullet from a thousand yards, dumbass. Don’t underestimate a well-motivated woman.”

He scratched his head, pulled out his wallet, took fifty dollars, and slapped it on my hand. “Cheater.”

I laughed out loud again with a little exaggeration, holding my tummy while Califf shook his head in amusement.

“I wish I bet for higher. How about you, Alpha?”

“Fine.” He studied me for a while before he ma