Hayes
the wall. Dinah stood there, her face stripped
ul wolf! You think
y eyes meeting her furious gaze. "I just don'
u marry him and buy this family time, or..." Her eyes narrowed wi
twenty years. She didn't know I was back to claim every
slow, deliberate smil
ht," I
slightly agape. "What
and lowered my voice to a conspiratorial whisp
their expressions a mixture of anger and confusion. A neat white bandage
y phone on the table in front of him. On
ration," I stated, my voice ringing with newfound authori
ne?" he growled. "Caroline's shares are he
ng to Pack inheritance law, as her only living immediate family, I a
clearly startled him. I wasn't supposed
ning a blotchy red-"since I'm the one risking widowhood, taking
Dinah hissed, her bod
tch the Hayes Pack default on a marriage contract, l
cold and simple. Their p
kness, any hint of a bluff. He found none. My heart was beat
sion. Paige started to speak, but Din
s mind. His Pack's future versus the humilia
the words ground out from between his teet
he delete button. "It seems we have nothing to discuss. I'm disappointe
vered over
y snapping. "You get half! The shares
t. I'll need a legally binding document, notarized by the Pack's lawyer. Until I
king ten years older. He waved a tired
y had swallowed poison. Their g
nd turned to leave. A
e thing." I look
m. If a single item is missing..." I let the threat hang in t
eyes, she saw something new, som
that ter
assigned room, the smallest and
the wood, my body shaking. That was the first step. The next would be facing the Carli
on. Especially about th
encrypted cha
e's fall. Specifically, any communication record
Dorian's Beta, Leo Foster, is putting out feelers on the UmbraN
a slow, dangerous smile
e lookin
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