ne's

on the back of a motorcycle-driven by a man she had just met at the banquet-and pulled up ahead of

? You just rejected an Alpha!" H

t my mind," I

thanked the man and sent the reluctan

Alpha! What are you going to do now?" She st

irted with his secretary right in front of me, I've been investigating his accounts, h

n why did you go to the banqu

n't hold any weight; he could just use his Alpha authority to override it. Only in front of the Elders an

ce. The headlights cut

re are you

see someone who might be the one." I didn't tell Jenna any more than that.

e address Walter

the way up and stood on the gravelly shore. I didn't look around nervously, nor did I clench my fi

he app

, I didn't turn around. I waited for three breaths, letting that fo

e," I sa

hind me, the crunch of gravel shifting und

was low, sounding as if it we

finally turned to look him straight in the eye; his gaze glinted gold in the darkness. "You planted s

so sharply defined they bordered on cold. He was tall-half a head taller th

ll-informe

"I'm Daphne Lindsay. I know you're the Werewolf King, Aiden Vasquez. I also know you

brows twitc

wind, yet every word was crisp and clear. "You need local roots." "I need cros

ose golden eyes studied me quiet

una of Silver Creek-equal in rank to my second-in-command. You will attend all pack council

ened q

e handed over to Silver Creek for re-evaluation, starting the day you of

d," h

ent of cedar and gunpowder washed

in public. Not just stand there-hold your

ook at him. "What can you

reek will deploy forces to establish an interception line along the norther

erations would now have a military shield backed by an Alpha King. If

hand. "But there's a

d down a

s of all these dealings. Once a week. If there a

scorching hot, and his grip was f

e said. "An

at your office tomorrow at ten in the m

d toward my car wi