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d before my personal satellite p

nd Sullivan. My father, the reigning patriarch

peakerphon

iry regarding my health, no question of what had transpired in VIP Lounge 3. "Marcus Black called me ten minutes ago

rtbeat even. "Gabe was orchestrating a fraudulent takeover

duty; you allowed your pride to fracture an alliance." He paused, his breathing shallow and brittle. "Pack Elder Vance from the Northern Ridge territory has

e was a seventy-year-old tyrant whose previous two ma

I am not pack chattel to be traded away

else do you imagine you are worth on the open market? You obey my directive,

ered, and termina

lowly. He wasn't simply cold; he was actively attempting t

a slipped inside, her tablet clutched tightly aga

She just flagged an urgent inquiry from your father's legal team. Desmond is petitioning the corporate board to suspen

They want me legal

rozen," Maya said, her voice shaking with outrage. "They can seize your physical access to the building, y

ical mind immediately calculating trajectories. "Gabe knew I woul

h no connection to the Sullivan corporate servers. I opened a smal

, displaying an acco

consultations, enough to survive for six months in hiding. But Hailee's words echoed in my

would comb through every international banking liaison tied to my social identity. If they froze those account

legal bunker. I needed a fortress imp

chal jurisdiction of her ancestral pack. But a mated female fell

s brushing the thick, velvet-textured blac

Sinc

ble power that sat at the pinnacle of continental commerce. Nobody knew what position Caden held in the fa

ell phone, punched in the e

icked on th

tries. Just that low, arctic rumble that sent

. It's Audria

easured beat. "You took longer t

nd devoid of the trauma currently gnawing at my marrow. "I don't need charity, and I don't need a protector

Caden asked, his tone cool, assessing, yet vibrat

ember. The platinum celestial cuff, encrusted with black diamonds and raw

e materialized

piece," Cade

g down the first corner of my cards. "And she is currently sitting at an unmonitored d

s sound rumbled through the receiver-something

den murmured. "The Sinclair Tower, seventy-

looked up to meet Maya'

torage drives, Maya," I sai