Chapter 134

“Liam?” Leah glances at me and I usher

her to the side. “We’ll take a table back in

the main room,” I tell Antoine.

I spin Leah around and get her on the

other side of the curtain.

“What is my brother doing here?”

“Dining,” I reply easily. “What else?”

We’re led back to a private alcove and I pull out my phone and text for my security detail to come in.

“A team will be joining us, Antoine. Please position them appropriately.”

“Of course, sir. Right away, sir.”

We sit and take the menus he extends to

us.

A bevy of waiters and bussers pour drinks and place a platter of artisan

breads on the table. Leah reads her

menu and I’m glad that she isn’t too put off by the fact that her brother is in the

same exclusive restaurant.

I wouldn’t think much of it either.

Except I know who he is eating with. And

it’s not Tobin. Or some other Council

member.

Their backs were to us, but I recognized

the tattoos on their necks. These are Old

Country Wolves. One from an Arctic pack that traces its line to the origins of our

kind. Two from a Eurasian pack that’s

anchored in Belarus.

The closest equivalent to these merciless

wolves is the mafia.

the Council. They operate outside of it. They don’t give a sh it about humans and would be delighted if humanity fell off a

They’re weapons dealers.

Drug traffickers.

dealings influence entire regions

countries.

Liam doing, taking a meeting with

this off as coincidence

he just runs in

too high up. You

a sitdown with Michail or

brokering a

hundred million. They don’t fo

of the small stuff.

third wolf, Dorian,

twenty

him to this state,

1

with these Alphas

time or two.

pack is a bu nch

of Michails’ goons a

not too long ago.

sure his limb

regenerated.

Ryker, he’s a known

the fact that her brother is enjoying a

a 2018 Chateau Petrus

of my men take up position directly outside

my own, no problem.

But Leah is vulnerable.

she became Alpha of

sent shockwaves through the entire

don’t think most wolves

her. The power she holds is a he ll

Even for me.

and smiles. “This

nice, Aaron.”

We’re on a

care about the food or the

this restaurant. I just want to get her back

like

her body

not sure what to

whispers.

decide. It’s a tasting menu. They’re going

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