ry'
d was some decent rest. No clue
one yanked me out
rudgingly. The phone lay right beside
n?" I grumble
eep calling till I picked up. I took a deep breath, gave myself two seconds of
y and frustration-definitely more worried I'd hang up than about
all night. It wasn't like he had to deal with waking up in a stranger'
my face. "Tell me where you are. I'll come get you and we'll grab something to eat. Once you've rested up, we'll go see Alpha Richar
you do it yourself?" I snappe
. I'm your father. If Alpha Richard
gry, greasy-haired alpha with zer
xactly have much choice right now. I let the silence hang for a while.
ven though things hadn't gone as planned las
at the Crown
be there soon!" he chi
-he h
lopping back on th
woke up again,
pack business again. She'd included a long list of hotel tips, classic Gin
to help investigate," s
ending back, "It's fi
just me a
m for a quick shower. Ditching the pajamas, I took the elev
alpha I remembered-more like a regular werewolf. His grey hair was al
d him, express
out, all cheer. "Hey,
. Yeah, seemed like he really h
sure, but I never bothered with makeup. Taking care of animals i
I had custom made for you," Francis said with a practiced warmth. "Once
ing I'm not attractive enough
I meant," Francis quickly
n forget it. I'll head straight back t
if you don't want it. You're already very b
ving him any wiggle room. "Let's be rea
st play along. He was being surprisingly tolerant today. "Alright,
the car, giving him the c
ack territory and parked outside a
he got out and opened my d
wkwardly retracted his hand and smoothed his jacket before leadi
eal. In my mind, Francis was alwa
ious, trying to trade me for B
op floor. At the door, we wer
reeted politely. "Please wait he
Francis and I sat dow
ron came back with a fri
led but cautious, took my hand and walked in ahead of me. I followed in silence, sta
Perry Lake. She just came in from the countryside and was too a
. The way he lied so sm
e, head down, zoning out. It wasn't until he nudged me th
'm Perry," I said eve
you could feel the dominance radiating off him. His sharp features made it easy to see why people bent to his wi
essure, and yet it was obvious who held all the power in the room
e that. But he seemed to be u
edge of the table behind him and scanning my face like h
voice cut through the moment, eyes narrowing
to-please look on his face made my sto
her back to the Ashen Pack to get some pr
liar pressure behind it
ng, looking a bit suspicious. "So she
looked at him, he had a frown on his face, clearly a bit confused. Bu
f in that hotel room, and neither of us could see the other clearly. Even if he wanted to stir up
all," Francis said, wiping sweat fr
last, voice cold as ice. "Byron can take you back to the
with a fawning grin, quick
t me and Richa
We stared each other down for a few seco
l, I pushed on. "We've never met before. This is literally the first time I've seen you.
skin, but he kept that frosty expression. I trie
n't want that either," Richard replied
into a small grin on my face. "That's honestly the best news. I already have a mate too. Fran
t th
icially cancel whateve
through the room. Ri
f stunned. His crimson eyes lock
So, Miss Lake, is the
ce. And after what happened last night, the
the alpha from last night-the one who c
e had expected him to be offended by how blunt I was. But
im for help with the Ashen
ctly what Franci
Richard, if you've got nothing els
ace. I had no rea
I'd actually consider it," Richard said slowly, lift
irm. "The Ashen Pack's got nothin
e he couldn't wrap his head around someone t
ll of an offer. B
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