Bait novel 188

Chapter 188

Getting Violetta on our side feels a lot like we’ve got this shit in the bag already. If I’m being honest, if I had to go up against her, I don’t think we could have made it out unscathed. I was going to have to give someone up and how everything is set up, I was going to throw Knightly under that bus. He has two alpha fathers and his mom is a lawyer baddie. He would have been

fine.

Before I can present what I am hoping is enough for the vampire princess to help us, I need to get all the information I have on the labs in order. Which brings us here. To the Hello Kitty dream loft.

The King hasn’t released my hand since I got back to our hotel after talking to Violetta. She seemed to be in a better head space when I left. She even said she was going to try to get as much sleep as she could before helping me. All I need now is to send out the locations I need everyone in and get the vampires on team fuck the wraith up.

“What are we going to do here?” he asks once we’re in the private elevator.

“This is where we’re going to hide out until everything is ready. Think you can handle it?”

He grins taking in a deep breath as the doors open up. I haven’t been here since I found out I was pregnant. Fuck, it both feels like it was yesterday and a really long time ago. I’ve never brought anyone here, but when I thought I was done for, I knew the King might need a place like this one day. Maybe to hide or run away from the buzzing of his responsibilities. That’s what it’s designed for.

“Where did you get all this stuff?”

“I’ve been collecting this stuff since I started hacking the ATMs in Redwood. I didn’t get into it this bad until I was fifteen and I read about that Hello Kitty mansion turned hotel in Taiwan. I wanted one.

“This was the first investment I made once I completed my training. I was fourteen and a twelve–story publishing building turned loft space really tickled my creativity. This is where I run away to. It’s low–income and since I pay for the utilities, most of the tenants that live here are loyal. No one says a word if people come asking questions,”

“I did get odd looks the first time I came here,” he smiles.

I stop when I get to the living room. There are bags all over the table and boxes. I spin around to look at him. He smiles and shrugs.

“What is that?”

“Mystery boxes and toys I found. You were right. Once you start it’s hard to stop,”

“You didn’t open them,” I laugh.

“I think I’d get more out of watching you open them,”

“You’re ridiculous,” I shake my head.

“This is your three–story apartment, but sure. I’m ridiculous,” he rolls his eyes. “I have to admit that I thought there would be more light given the location,”

“Yeah, we just have to open her up,” I say and go over to the panels. I pop the keypad’s protective cover and punch in the code to open up the protection shades. “Come over here,”

The apartment lights up as it comes to life. The protective panels start to open up letting the light in. His arm snakes around my waist and his hand stops on my belly. I look up at him as he watches the reveal of Nova Falls not too far from here. There are a few other buildings like this one, but this one is right on the edge of the forest just outside the pack borderline.

“I can see you standing here in your Hello Kitty pjs like a villain plotting your conquest,” he kisses the top of my head.

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Chapter 188

That’s a fourth floor activity” I admit making him laugh.

Your scent is the only one here.” he says after a while. I pull away to go to the phones on the charging pad by the doorway.

I’m the only one that’s ever been in here since I had the building renovated. You’re not allowed to bring anyone else here. I’ll blow up your spaceship and rip out your journal pages,”

“You wouldn’t,” he growls playfully.

*Fuck around and find out, Lycan King,” I laugh. I place a grocery order for a few days.

“What are all these phones?” he asks.

“Different contacts in different countries,” I go through all of them to make sure I haven’t gotten any messages. Everything is clear. “Let’s start putting together a file for the chomp–chomp princess,”

“Are these snacks good?”

“If the bag is puffy, yes. I can always replace them with new ones I get a couple of sodas from the fridge and start heading up to the third floor. “I got you a drink,”

My wall of information was taken down. I already know why. I’ve seen the binders in his study. My eyes immediately move to the little heart–shaped picture on my desk. What bothers me the most is that it’s been a long time since then, but I’m still in the same situation I was in when he was discovered. I flip the switches under my desk to open up the monitors behind the Hello Kitty shelf.

Irises up to the fourth floor’s closet and the screens all turn on.

“Wake up, Kitty,” I call out.

The screens blink a few times before the big Hello Kitty bow pops up along her little features. The eyes blink and a purring sound echoes through the apartment.

“Good evening, Perry. I’ve missed you so very much,” the AI greets me.

“What the fuck?” the King says from behind me.

“We have a guest,” she says. Several social media profiles and his last visit come up on some of the monitors.

“Add his profile to home base. User two. All–access,”

“Please, Lycan King, step into the light,”

A spotlight appears in the center of the room from the projectors I have set up. When he doesn’t move a little cat appears. She pats the outline of the light and motions him over.

“She’s not going to hurt you,” I say. “She’s just going to scan you so the security measures aren’t accidentally triggered when you come here alone again,”

“The code isn’t enough,”

“If she’s not on, yeah,” I nod. He clears his throat and steps into the light. “Spread your arms and legs. Hold your hands out so she can get your fingerprints. Open your eyes a little more for retina registration,”

“This is intense,” he smiles. Dental files pop up.

“Yeah, I’ve been working on this since I was nine. She started off as a flip phone to help me with puzzle patterns and coding. Now that I have the chips, I can take her home with us and set her up in my study,”

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“Here is everything you’ve missed since you last visited,” my desk monitors come to life.

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Newspaper articles, lease contracts, and law updates for the tenants all come up. There was a small tax rise so rent went up a hundred and fifty dollars for the three–plus bedrooms, eighty for the singles, and seventy for the studio apartments. The little old lady that’s lived here since I opened it up to the public passed away in her sleep last year. I also have a new

manager.

“Did you do a deep background check on Olivia Norton?” I ask.

“Yes, she’s clean,” the files come up. “I even ran them through the KNAVE database. Very insigriificant,”

“Thank you, Kitty. Good job,” the digital image on the big screens wink at me as I take a seat. “Why don’t you order yourself the new gaming collection while I update you?”

“I love you,” she giggles and starts doing exactly that.

and

I take my new laptop out of my backpack and take a deep breath as I setup the portable router I made for her. I get up go to the master bedroom to get my favorite plush off the bed and bring it back with me. The vanity mirror next to my desk slides open to reveal my tools.

“What are you doing?” the king asks.

The closer behind us opens and she pushes out the extra gaming chair I put in there. He laughs and reaches for it so he can take a seat. It’s purple and he makes it look like a kid’s chair.

“I am going to plug her into the big system so I can mess with Roy,” I smile at him.

“This place makes a lot more sense to me now,” he says watching me pop the stitches to the plushie so I can stash the router inside and carry her with me everywhere. “Why do you like being alone?”

“I’m used to

“Why?” he goes up it and waves his hand through the projection

“Because I finally feel like I’m spending it with someone who knows the value of it. And when we spend it together, it never feels like it’s wasted. Not even when I had a timer above my head,”

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