is not a buildin

Perth sun hits it at 4pm and it throws light back at the city like a

don't go to Vance Enterprises. We cross the street to

who owns me and I chose neither. I ran. Service lift down, out through the bin room, across the terrac

id: "Mr. Vance does

im honey blood

security. Security looked at me and th

th floor. He say

r. No buttons

. Cold hits you. Not a

, Swan River like silver ribbon you can step on and own. Ta

en V

t in t-shirt with mud boots.

Southern Cross, five stars, black ink that moves when he moves because muscle moves. Hair tied back, wet, like he just came from shower or rain or figh

ial portfolios. Three screens in front of

NTERPRISES - GREEN

s while

th. In the rain. In a jumper with a hole. You left a red d

ourse he knows

y. My voice is small in a glass room.

inally l

like Silas. Permanent amber. Alpha a

for 4 years. 2018 to 2022. Not a dead car crash. He staged a crash. Empty coffin in Karrakatta with PAY spray - that's K marking

, jaw clenches, t

Cross Pack alphas need Luna to anchor the wolf. Without Luna, the wolf shakes, then breaks, then goes feral. Silas knows. He used your mother to stop his s

a

too, but not from wolf,

lios while your wo

a painful smile. "I have to. Th

e intercom

no tattoos, but smell - I smell now, honey blood nose now o

like I am meat

f Greenbushes, Vance Enterprises, $4B lithium. You shake in front of investo

wants a daughter. If he gets Thalia-Vesper, West Coast Pack will be stable

ils. "This is a Bellerose girl? The virgin honey blood?

rse. Hand on table, gri

f back. "She was offered a contract by Silas. One ye

d la

se back. And mother medical care. She needs care, Elara, she is

se than Kaelen. In my

now I know the price. $200k one night, $1.2m to

, tremor in a massive frame th

them. For one year. Be my stable wedding. Not a real wedding. Pack wedding. Luna ceremony. Everyone in Perth packs will see you are mine, so Silas can't take you, K can't take you. You will be safe. Your father is saf

a day. That's the dignity

"And vi

ibrates. Three-sided glass boardro

de," he snaps, tremor now full shake, massive frame s

n steps back, scare

doesn't break, but he grabs the edge of black

anines longer now, not human, "You demand a stable wedding but you bring me no

mell hits him. Honey blood,

ees, head down, shaking, like dog, like wolf, in $4B b

a collector. I don't keep girls in the library. I... I will keep you in the penthouse you own, with rain fixed, with lights that don't flicker. I will not touch you unless you say so. One year. Say yes and I stop sha

s silent. The city

, woman. Thin, hair long, white, like mother but 8 years older, eyes closed, shaking, s

sks for you. Come home now

a photo f

, a massive frame between me and gl

wants mother and daughter Luna. Two honey bloo

. One cage. Moth

42A, I go to Silas. If I st

ering $7m and $90 an hour dignity, and o