"I understand."

I heard a beep as the masked man ended the call.

I couldn't see him, so I could only beg him anxiously.

"Sir, you heard him. It's a matter of life and death. You can do whatever you want to me by pretending to be Roman, but please allow me to save them first. I must see him tonight and give him the contract, or he will kill my friend!"

It was a long while before the man answered. I wished I could see him, wished I could get this awful blindfold off.

When he finally spoke, he asked, "What contract?"

There was no world in which I was actually going to tell him anything tangible. "It's just a project contract."

I heard the clicks of what sounded like him dialing a number on his phone, and then he said unhurriedly, "No worries. I can just call Roman back to go over the specifics."

Shit.

Double shit.

wolf shifters and their uncanny ability to sniff out half-truths. I was forever at a disadvantage without abilities of

let all of it out in a whoosh of breath-minus the part

to lie to him that I could get the Westen City project for the Starke pack. My purpose was to hold him back in this way so that my friend

the man

I wished I could see him. Tears welled up in my eyes behind the blindfold. "Sir, I'm telling the truth. Please... let

slept with

course not! He's a monster. How could I sleep with

it was only a matter of seconds, and

was freed, I immediately tore off

still off, and the man still wore

less about what he looked like. All I cared about was getting him out of

I could get this man to leave, I could

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