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on. It was opulent, furnished with dark wood and plush velvet. St

been slapped in the courtyard, had left a bitter taste in my mouth. I needed a

cing a cup of hot, s

he said, trying to soothe me. "I've confined Ava

ed, Cassian. I just want to get a hand

"I know you do. You're always thinking of the pack. Do

to do this myself." I had to s

raightforward. The accounts were meticulously kept. Income,

s Avalon's great skil

wing into my new, lavish quarters, a project Cassian had ordered to celebrate my arrival. The other was for

d to sign without a second thought. The renovations

e main public fund. I pulled the largest ledger

froze on

stark red ink, was a number so large it mad

od ran

enterprises-the mines, the timber operations, the investments-had been losing money. The only thing keeping t

urst at the ceremony

ad been propping up the entire, fail

. I hadn't inherited a treasur

and walked away. There was no way th

ly halted b

started wit

wollen. "Kaelen, why did you stop the work o

y!" I snapped, m

at bitch Avalon was in charge for years! She m

aster. Avalon must have taken the missing funds, and if I could force her to re

ed the

new fire in my eyes. "We're

ards at the door tried to stop us. I flashed the Alpha's persona

the door to he

almly reading a book as if she

mmed the heavy ledger down on it. T

Avalon Hayes! You'd better start expla