Chapter 76

Adam recovers before me. He grabs the syringe and the collecting bag from the imposing wolf.

“Are you continuing to pay the blood debt?” Tobin asks me.

I have a pretty good idea why Adam’s here. And what he’s thinking. “No,” I tell him.

He angles his head quizzically at Adam.

Adam, bless him, says nothing.

Tobin’s eyes flash. He sniffs the air

Then his brows draw together. “Hmm,” he says absently.

Hmm? What the he ll does that mean?

“You didn’t say why you were here,” I tell him.

“No,” he agrees. “I didn’t.”

is this wolf wandering inside my father’s-my

a curse.

be worried?” I ask him.

are kind when they take me in.

health, for one.

the little fact

what you came for.” And let’s see if this absorption of my legacy has finally healed me.

tired. I feel stronger. But I don’t want to get my hopes up. I can’t because if

hand. “Have faith, Leah. I can’t believe that there would be

I wouldn’t know.

should’ve asked Aaron before

still holding my hand. He twines our fingers together. But it doesn’t feel right. It’s like a betrayal of sorts and

intimate.

don’t want to offend him, but I also don’t want someone to see us like this. I squeeze his hand once and then extricate myself

up the stairwell, plotting a path that won’t bring me past the, uh, party

way,” I

go to the

“Why?”

cameras. I can see who is

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