Chapter 20

I start to stand up and Aaron’s hand comes down on my

shoulder. “Don’t fucking move.”

But the pieces come together like a puzzle and I recognize

that I played right into Aaron’s trap.

Seeing what he wanted me to see.

Doing what he plotted for me to do.

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“The account that I thought was mine,” I whisper. “You always

had it flagged for the Regional Collective.”

He nods.

So my father isn’t wrong. I did do this.

Even if my father is spared by the Council, he’ll still be

convicted by human courts. Shit, even Martha Stewart with all her billions, couldn’t beat an insider trading rap. She went to

jail.

“Why? Damn it, Aaron. Why would you do this?”

“I already told you. Because of you.”

His eyes are cold and empty. “I’ve had this plan in place for a long time. But you forced my hand, Leah, when you

to divorce me.”

pale and her eyes are

don’t feel bad

confide in me.

aftermath for my pack

community.

my

her.

ruin them,” she whispers, her eyes dancing around nervously. “They’ll

of that. Yes. “That

stripped of his

alpha is easy pickings.” She

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and fast

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father lost his way.”

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the how and the why. I’m

with her. At least not here. Not

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on the outcome that my machinations

achieve.

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