Hayes

the wall. Dinah stood there, her face stripped

ul wolf! You think

y eyes meeting her furious gaze. "I just don'

u marry him and buy this family time, or..." Her eyes narrowed wi

twenty years. She didn't know I was back to claim every

slow, deliberate smil

ht," I

slightly agape. "What

and lowered my voice to a conspiratorial whisp

their expressions a mixture of anger and confusion. A neat white bandage

y phone on the table in front of him. On

ration," I stated, my voice ringing with newfound authori

ne?" he growled. "Caroline's shares are he

ng to Pack inheritance law, as her only living immediate family, I a

clearly startled him. I wasn't supposed

ning a blotchy red-"since I'm the one risking widowhood, taking

Dinah hissed, her bod

tch the Hayes Pack default on a marriage contract, l

cold and simple. Their p

kness, any hint of a bluff. He found none. My heart was beat

sion. Paige started to speak, but Din

s mind. His Pack's future versus the humilia

the words ground out from between his teet

he delete button. "It seems we have nothing to discuss. I'm disappointe

vered over

y snapping. "You get half! The shares

t. I'll need a legally binding document, notarized by the Pack's lawyer. Until I

king ten years older. He waved a tired

y had swallowed poison. Their g

nd turned to leave. A

e thing." I look

m. If a single item is missing..." I let the threat hang in t

eyes, she saw something new, som

that ter

assigned room, the smallest and

the wood, my body shaking. That was the first step. The next would be facing the Carli

on. Especially about th

encrypted cha

e's fall. Specifically, any communication record

Dorian's Beta, Leo Foster, is putting out feelers on the UmbraN

a slow, dangerous smile

e lookin