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.

aren’t beholden to the Council. They operate outside of it. They don’t give a

They’re weapons dealers.

Drug traffickers.

influence entire regions

countries.

Liam doing, taking

can’t write this off as

he just

too

sitdown with Michail

you’re brokering a

They don’t

of the

third wolf, Dorian, I don’t

Gibraltar for twenty

brings him to

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paths with these Alphas

time or two.

is a bu nch of hotheads.

Michails’ goons

not too long ago.

sure

regenerated.

Ryker, he’s

continues to peruse the menu, completely oblivious to the fact that her brother is enjoying a meal with some of the

order a 2018

I see James and two of my men take up position directly outside our little room, I

my own, no problem.

But Leah is vulnerable.

she became Alpha

through the

most wolves

power she holds is

Even for me.

looks up and

nice, Aaron.”

on a

don’t care about the food

exclusivity of this restaurant. I just want to get her back to that

like it’s Christmas

feel her body

sure what to order,”

whispers.

It’s a

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