Chapter 52

Chapter 52

Brooklyn

Blood drains from my face.

"The entire pack?" I whisper.

If meeting Louisa and the kids went poorly, how would this go over?

"And in exchange," Aden continues, "he's invited all of our crew as well. It was different, when I had Remington come here there was just a small guest list, not so many people..."

I swallow. Why does all of this suddenly feel so threatening?

"But tonight," Aden says, not noticing the face I'm making, "he wants all of his people and all of my people

in a room together. And not on either of our turf-in an outside location."

I glance at the invitation again and see, indeed, that he's invited us all to meet at a local country club.

Aden continues to shake his head and Hudson joins him.

"I just don't like it," Aden says pensively.

"Catch me up," I say. "What exactly is the problem?"

a challenge, I think, to figure it out

does he want

Hudson isn't

gangs, or other packs, see it as

Remington has greater numbers than us, he could

To pressure us into deals we're not happy making. Or something

even want to ask what more dangerous means. "Maybe we should...not

already sent out the invitations to all of his people, all of mine. If I keep you from it, it will look like

I say, hesitating, "I could just

looking at

he bursts out

that funny?" I

Brooklyn," he says, walking by me and giving me a little swat on my jodhpur-clad butt.

Hudson and I stare after him

I

his voice low

eyes as wide as

***

hours later, Jayde is putting

as she pins the last piece into place, finishing it off with some hairspray. My entire scalp hurts,

elaborately curled and

look like I could be getting

I can see both of our faces in the mirror. She laughs, then, giving me a kiss on the cheek and then wiping her lipstick

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