hina'

came the steady thu

n wearing a fitted black leather trench coat. Her

rshall had

man and the best Beta intelligen

make her eyes turn red, and s

a," she grumbled. Kneeling beside my bed,

had, I shook my head and m

ust like you asked. I trusted Brayden to look after you. It never crossed my mind that he'd

s a slow, heavy ache s

are. He'd accepted it all, then cast me aside without an

he necklace back?" I as

she reached into her coat and

rom inside when sh

on Tear, the only keepsa

cklace and secured it around my neck. "The idiot only likes how it looks. She doesn't

ng deep inside me responded to it. The connection b

to leave,"

ed myself upright, swallowing hard again

guards stepped into our way

na. Alpha's orders were ver

her coat, she drew a black badge bearing the e

n the busy ha

"Y-you're with the G

k's Alpha, but no one could mistake that badge. Only

the werewolf underground trade, private mercenary force

begin to stand agains

anyone here going to stop

le person

step, I moved farther away from the prison t

black armored SUV waited

the streets slide past the window. Before lo

stepfather had thrown out, and I had barely

es trapped me. With nowhere left to run, I'd been mo

happened to pass by

m. He'd gained enormous resources through me, and I'd helped him grow his territory a

gainst my chest. Its cool surface

aid that debt," I murmured. "It's cost me ou

arview mirror. "You still owe me, though,

terview was playing on th

t a hint of doubt. Her hand kept straying to the glittering

s no greater honor for a warrior." Sh

it off, I felt my

Elianna,"

od," she

the tablet, entering a

la's face. A hiss came from the necklace, followed

cream filled t

d a corrosive mixture. A remote signal activated it, sprayin

sperately claw at her neck. Pain contorte

necklace. He tried to pull it free, then recoiled w

ad against the window, and gazed at the

the beginning

, Layla, and the pack. I would dest

s only gett