ien
ond was
elry store, a ten-carat pink monstrosity that cost more than my fi
id frustration was
uldn't stop ringing. Bankers, investors, board members-all of them demanding answers
ded her patents, her bra
t the sales clerk, tossing
my phone buzzed. It was K
ed. "It's awful here. The people Geraldine left behind... they're ignoring
voice tight with impatience
project? And the nur
enzie!" I hung up, the mu
heavy weight in my pocket. The front desk clerk, a prim woman with sharp eyes, i
he wouldn't
ter I had her location: a table for one at Le Bernard
me at the entrance t
s section is closed
ine Carroll," I said, t
y, sir. The guest has requ
as wearing a shimmering, silver dress that clung to her body like a second skin. She looked... radiant. More b
e and slid the velve
ke gravel in my mouth. "I was wrong. I
d a piece of her sea bass, her movements fluid
I sat down opposite her. "From nothing. Remember those nights in our tiny
mine. They were cold, devoid of
rust fund also part of our team-building exer
t was for the baby... to give him a secure fut
throw it in my face. Instead, she slowly, deliberately, poured the entire glass over the mill
able with a soft click and delicat
ur apologies, and I certainly don't want your pathetic excuses
I hissed, leaning across the table. "You'd b
se me
ee a tall man in an impeccably tailored suit standing beside our
rk's guest," the man said. His eyes
lpha King of the entire Eastern Seaboard. A Lycan so powerful, so far
cold. It wa
to Geraldine. A sickening thought entered my mind. "
am-colored card. She flicked it open. It was an invitation, embossed with a golden wolf cres
rocess what I was seeing. I reached f
ized behind me. They each grabbed one of my arms in a grip
light. She walked around the table and leaned in c
y, the position, the future... I'm going to take
ng the first man out of the restaur
center of one of New York's finest restaurants. A pathetic, str
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