Lycan's Prey by Jessica Hall

Chapter 116

“You had a choice,” Soren cuts in sharply. “You could’ve paid your debt when it was due initially. Instead, we’re here.”

Rhett’s pack has always controlled the major export lines through the southern ports. They m

ove everything–raw materials, food supplies, even technology for trade. It’s how they’ve survived, despite Rhett’s terrible leadership since taking over from his late father. And my father, Alpha Jefferson of the Blackwood Pack, has always worked alongside Rhett’s pack. His pack deals in luxury goods, rare commodities, making him one of the wealthiest Alphas in the region. I grew up surrounded by that wealth, never realizing the extent of my father until I was due to take over.

And now, I’m here, stuck in the middle of a conflict I never wanted to be part of.

“I already paid the fines Jefferson was hit with because of the raids,” Rhett says, and I can hear the exhaustion in his voice. “It’s settled, we’ve come to an agreement already I told you this last time.”

“Settled?” Soren’s voice is full of disbelief. “You think paying the fines is enough? You crossed a line. The council’s demanding retribution. I vouched for you, Rhett. I gave my word that you would make this right, and then you pulled a stunt like that, drawing the human council’s attention.”

I feel sick. Soren vouched for him? If the council wants retribution… Soren’s hands are tied, or he would risk a war between our kind and the humans.

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exactly do you plan to make this right?” Soren

voice hard.

“I had a plan. The pack member who stole the money once caught she’ll be handed back to Jefferson for punishment, though I know now the

states.

breath catches in my throat. Me. He’s talking about me. And he’s

over doesn’t fix what you’ve done,” Soren replies. “You raided his boats. You attacked his livelihood. Now you’re trying to placate

is the one who stole from me,” Rhett says, his voice heavy with

mess with my father. I thought my father hated Rhett because he was vicious, that they clashed over the usual Alpha conflicts. But now I realize it was always about power, money, and the ports they control. And I, caught in the middle, had no idea. It also makes me wonder if this was Rhett’s intention

the wheels turning in his

sweat forming at

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