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dining room was thi

loor. Around the long banquet table sat a dozen core members of the Ryan family, the

The silence was h

ked chair at the far end of the t

ellowed envelope right into th

her voice ringing off the high stone ceiling.

s leaned forward, their brows furrowing, while the ki

lared, turning to face the elders with a triumpha

ighboring Hogan Pack, a selfish social climber who had spent the last three

d of staying a worthless wolfless in the borderlands. So she schemed with her lover to hijack De

rupted down both

der woman muttered

enough, but a cheating stray?" a burly c

stepping closer to me. "Cat got your tongue? Or

heavy double doors at th

ough the dining room, carrying the unmi

walk

ically against the stone. The sheer weight of his presence hit the room like a physical blow. The

His golden eyes cut straight ac

the table and thrusting it toward his chest. "Read this! She's been sneaking around with

ather-gloved fingers took the envelope

tched so tight that the ticking of the grandfather cloc

lowly, his jaw hard

flat, the voice of an executioner asking f

say!" an elder calle

. The wood legs scraped

I didn't break

ery," I said, looking straig

personal seal is on the wax! His han

erate steps toward Clint until I was stand

nd firm. "However, the truth behind it involves a scandal that affects both the Ryan and Hig

in, several relatives

uted. "Brother, break her neck

oug

eer force of his Alpha's Command deton

ene stumbled back a step, gasping for air, her knees buckling under the instinctive urg

oar carried absolute, biological au

t, his gaze drilling into me with lethal sus

ed, his voice cold and

de toward the staircase, his t

ire Ryan clan, I smoothed down the front of