len

onto the city's elite, and I breathed in the air, thick with expensive perfume and the low

I was its und

company. So, I had arranged this small, private gathering of our pack's inner circle to soothe her. She played her part to pe

k perfect

lpha and

taining her cheeks, and I gave a slight, almost imperceptible nod of ap

t friend, sidle up to me, a f

urmured, his eyes flicking towards Sera

um, Liam. A childish fit. She'll come crawling back

gany table, swirling his whiskey. "Elara is wolfless, completely dependent on you. She's proba

m. "Don't be mean, Derek. She just do

of my drink. "She know

a look that froze the words in his throat. I kne

s coiled in my gut. My inner wolf was pacing, agitated. It was the feeling I got when so

stant, at my elbow, hi

his voice low. "

with Derek and followed Ethan to a

asked, my patien

n, looking uncomfortable. "I just received

s she's finally come to her sens

footage. She left alone, wearing a cheap sweatsuit, with only her

The little foo

ss. She won't last three days." The thought of her, humbled and desperate, returning to me was

er expression a mask of concern. "Ka

g her back into the warmth of the VIP room. I didn't w

ettle. It snarled, sensing a thre

ed, his face now the color of ash

slightly. "All of Mrs. Vance's credit car

ran col

hand shaking. "This is a notification from

t from him. My eyes

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to process the information. Then, a cold dread washed over me. I recognized it. It was the exact figure my

She'd overpaid. She'd given

n was a burning fire in my gut. Where in the hell did s

, I heard a commotion eru

iform push his way past the security deta

cs, boomed across the private hall. "I have an urgent, hand-t

room turned. Eve

hed the courier, oblivious to the hundred-million-dollar deals and po

y private one. And I had a terrible f