CHAPTER 97: CHASING HER FATHER?

Away from the two women, Inez hurried after the man. She had reached the boundary line of the pack. A gigantic gate appeared in front of her, and just as she turned to look around for the man, she saw a black car driving past her. As the car drove by, it spat thick exhaust fumes at Inez’s face.

Raising her hand, she waved her hand and dusted the fumes off her face. Her eyes flickered uneasily as she watched the man leave.

If only Ally had not stopped her just now, then she would have caught the man by now. At least the questions that she had in her mind, she would have been able to ask them.

Inez was well aware that arguing with someone like Ally was pointless because the woman was a deadly combination of arrogant and brainless. Even if she had stayed behind and argued, Ally wouldn’t have seen the sense in the argument.

With Ally despising her, Inez knew that even if she were to make a point-to-point argument, that woman would not be able to understand. Or more like she would not even try to understand.

And if she tried to make her point noted, it would only leave her in a precarious situation by letting that woman take advantage of her latency. As for attacking Ally, Inez knew that as a shifter, she couldn’t lower her head either. Shifters took pride in their dominance; the second they sensed even a whiff of submissiveness, they would pounce on the weak at once.

As someone who was in a perilous situation, Inez knew that she couldn’t back off from a fight.

If she did, then she knew that the woman would only come down even harder on her.

Inez sighed and stared at the sky that had started to change its colour. All she cared about was finding her father and the reason why she was treated like a sinner in her previous pack.

Taking a mask out of her bag, she covered her face and changed the colour of her hair once she stepped out of the pack territory. Once her appearance was satisfactorily changed, Inez walked to the taxi stop. She didn’t want to step out of the territory, but Inez knew that she had to chase that man because she wanted to find the answer to her questions.

"Stop to Moon Talk!" the taxi driver shouted as he came to a stop in front of the taxi stand.

Inez made her way to the taxi, as she had been wondering where to go, but now that she had heard the man speak of the Moon Talk street, she recalled that the stranger who came to see Morrineth was holding a cigar which was only sold in the small pub that was at the corner of the street.

She came to a stop in front of the taxi and said to the taxi driver, "Are you heading to Moon Talk Street?"

"That’s right, Miss," the taxi driver was quick to respond when he saw a potential customer. With a smile, he added, "I will only take five dollars for the trip. Others usually take eight or ten dollars, but I will be taking you to Moon Talk for just five dollars."

Inez felt that the price was a bit high. But when she thought about how she was in a hurry, Inez could only agree with the man.

Once she slid inside the taxi, another passenger came and sat inside right beside her. One look at the person, and Inez knew that this street was not a place where people like her could go. Comparing her rock tee shirt and baggy pants with the fancy shirt and pants that the man was wearing, Inez felt a bit embarrassed.

She wanted to know more about this man named Jared before planning her next move. With the time being scarce, Inez decided to chase after the man and see if she would get lucky enough to find the identity of her father.

By the time the taxi came to a stop at Moon Talk Street, the moon was shining high in the sky. However, with many neon signs twinkling on the street, Inez couldn’t see the shimmering moon, much less the stars. The street seemed to have come alive.

There was a little chill in the air, and as Inez raised her head, she could see that even the birds were returning home.

As she was staring up at the sky, she didn’t see who was coming from behind and ended up bumping into a shifter who snarled at her, "If you want to daydream, girl, then you need to go back home."

"I wasn’t—" she began, but the shifter was not too keen on listening to her explanation. He was smiling at the woman who was accompanying him while glaring at Inez for causing trouble for him.

Inez was speechless by the actions of the man; however, she was in a strange place where she knew no one, so she had no choice but to lower her stance. Having not come here for a long time, she had no idea where the pub was located; thus, Inez turned to look at the man who was walking past and called, "Excuse me, do you know where —"

The man, however, didn’t stop to talk, as he was too busy paying attention to the lovely woman in his arms.

Inez looked at the pretty woman who was getting all the attention from the man and then turned to look at her reflection in the mirror.

She sighed when she saw her appearance. It seemed like this was not cutting it. She turned around and headed to a public room where she did her make-up and changed her appearance enough to resemble a pretty woman who didn’t look like Inez Sinclair, not even in the slightest.

Once she was satisfied with her appearance, Inez exhaled and then muttered to herself, "Alright, let’s do this."

This time around, when Inez stepped out of the public room, she looked at the men on the street with a little more charm so that they would look at her more kindly than they were doing before. Just as Inez had expected, when the men looked at her, there was another charming glint in their eyes as if they couldn’t look away from her.

She stepped out of the public room and walked over to the street, where she looked for a shifter she could take down with one single move and walked over to him. She said, "Can you please let me know where the Esper Bar is?"

The young man was quite stunned when he saw a beautiful woman talking to him. He looked around as if he wanted to make sure that she was talking with him, and once the young man was certain, he turned really flattered. He turned and looked at the woman before saying to her, "It’s right down at the east side of the street. Would you like me to take you there?"

Inez smiled seductively as she shook her head. She replied, "Thank you, mister, but I wouldn’t want to trouble you. It seems like you were quite busy just now when I interrupted you."

After she finished speaking, she turned around on her feet and headed down the street. She turned east after finding a turn, leaving the young man to stare at her in surprise and slight agitation as if he were upset about losing the opportunity that came to him.

Inez was quite quick in her actions as she headed down the street where the young man had pointed her. With the thought in her head that she would be able to see her father at last, Inez was like a woman on a mission.

The scent of booze, power and authority reeked from every wall of the street.

Walking around the fountain with three women who were holding vases and their fins shining with iridescent glimmer, Inez finally found the pub that she was looking for, along with the man whom she was chasing after. He was accompanying a woman and standing in front of the buff bodyguard who was standing in front of the door of the pub.

Inez looked at the fancy clothes and clutches of the women and men before putting down the bag that she was carrying on her shoulder. She placed it in the corner of an alley and hoped that it would not disappear anywhere when she was gone. But then again, with everyone carrying bags that were worth more than a thousand dollars, she didn’t think that anyone would steal her faded old bag.

She turned on her feet and then headed towards the pub.

"How is it going?"

"It’s fine," the buff man replied curtly.

Inez took a whiff of the scent of the man and knew at once that he was a bear shifter.

Inez came to a stop behind the couple who were talking with the bear shifter and then watched them head inside. Once they were gone, Inez stepped forward and then smiled at the man. "Hello, are you enjoying the night?"

As she spoke, she took out a thirty-dollar bill, which was the entry fee for the pub, but the man only glanced at her and replied, "Vaguely."

However, as he finished speaking he didn’t make a move to budge.