ella

d tears, I walked into the second-floor study and sat behind the w

suit, pulled my long hair into a high ponytail, and slipped a

in this chair now was no longer Darrin's soft-hearted f

old butler said, knocking and stepping into the stud

of black coffee on the desk and took a sip

he Medical Center and 'invited' Young Alpha Darrin to the Pack Regist

in wanted to play dirty, he couldn't blame me for using my

me downtown, and I pushed open the glas

bodyguards. Darrin stood in front of the registration counte

f for a split second, before sinking into shock as

spital to drag me here by force-what are you trying to do?" He took

him, blocking his path with their chests while resting the

at the counter and slammed a thick legal doc

ng at him without a trac

ack letters printed across the co

eath warrant, and he snapped his head up in di

I can hand out a fat red envelope to your illegitimate pu

oon Goddess-you can't annul this on your own!" Darr

ck. Legally, our bond is only a preliminary contract,

lash of a formal Rejection ritual. And under the Pack Joint Code, when one party commits major fraud

Bella, listen to me, Leo is-" Darrin lunged forwar

he was a pile of rotting garbage. "I don't n

tment from the Silvercrest Pack's western development project. You can test whether your fathe

t me as if he were seeing this ruth

ly's capital was the backbone keepin

as dead silent. Finally, Darrin's

the counter and picked up the pen, his fingers

of his thumb with his canine tooth, and pressed

e heavy steel seal of the Moon Goddess and declared, "Effective

turned on my heel without sparing Darr

spy as if he had swallowed broken glass. "Whether

glass doors witho

that five-year-old kid just pop out

rst Shift..." Darrin's agonize