Chapter 146

“I have to know he’s alive.”

“You have my word,” he tells me.

Oddly. I believe him.

This wolf is many things…

Cold. Cru el. A Kil ler.

But he isn’t a li ar.

I get the impression that he’d consider that beneath him. Or

more aptly, he’s too arr ogant for that sort of machination.

Five.

Four.

He smiles.

I grab the pen.

It’s a mistake, I know. But I’ll be able to fight it. Those papers

will take weeks to file and we can revoke them beforehand.

him out. Now.” I level the gun at Ryker. “And so help

again, only this one actually looks genuine. “Such a

waste,” he mumbles.

desk and walks

the numbers. “Bring him up,” he tells someone, then gently

I came through. No wolves crowd or block

petition the Council. What’s happened here…it isn’t legal. It won’t stand. There are attorneys in the human world and laws that protect against exactly this type of extortion. We have evidence of the hostage situation

is to get Liam

can figure out the rest.

“I think I can see into `your mind. All the little thoughts spinning like a waterwheel.”

I’m still holding the gun.

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antique Louis XIV table. Everything in this room feels old and

going to make you pay for

and gone in a second. “There is nothing that Aaron Rathborn can do to address this situation.

making.”

the sound

just wish

the gun a little

why he favors you,” Ryker says quietly.

means. Or

us and though I keep my sights trained on Ryker, I watch as Liam clears the warehouse entry

attention flicker for the briefest moment but it’s all

need.

Liam is unharmed.

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