ne's

on the back of a motorcycle-driven by a man she had just met at the banquet-and pulled up ahead of

? You just rejected an Alpha!" H

t my mind," I

thanked the man and sent the reluctan

Alpha! What are you going to do now?" She s

irted with his secretary right in front of me, I' ve been investigating his accounts, h

n why did you go to the banque

n't hold any weight; he could just use his Alpha authority to override it. Only in front of the Elders an

ce. The headlights cut

re are you

see someone who might be the one." I didn' t tell Jenna any more than that.

e address Walter

the way up and stood on the gravelly shore. I didn' t look around nervously, nor did I clench my f

he app

, I didn' t turn around. I waited for three breaths, letting that f

e," I sa

hind me, the crunch of gravel shifting und

e was low, sounding as if it w

I finally turned to look him straight in the eye; his gaze glinted gold in the darkness. "You planted

so sharply defined they bordered on cold. He was tall-half a head taller

ll-informed

"I' m Daphne Lindsey. I know you' re the Werewolf King, Aiden Vasquez. I also know you

brows twitc

wind, yet every word was crisp and clear. "You need local roots." "I need cros

hose golden eyes studied me quie

una of Silver Creek-equal in rank to my second-in-command. You will attend all pack council

ened q

e handed over to Silver Creek for re-evaluation, starting the day you of

d," h

ent of cedar and gunpowder washed

in public. Not just stand there-hold your

ook at him. "What can you

reek will deploy forces to establish an interception line along the norther

erations would now have a military shield backed by an Alpha King. If

hand. "But there' s

d down a

s of all these dealings. Once a week. If there a

scorching hot, and his grip was f

e said. "An

at your office tomorrow at ten in the

d toward my car wi