Chapter 103

“Oh dear.” I laugh lightly, as if he’s mistaken. “I guess we’ll need to change cleaning companies.”

It’s a lame attempt at a joke.

Liam chuckles-bless him.

Tobin just blinks at me.

Inside, I’m dying.

Does Tobin mean me? Or is he sniffing out Marla. Upstairs. In

a trunk???

The other wolves all pause and look at us questioningly.

Aaron drops a hand on Tobin’s shoulder. “We slaughtered two

steers for the event, and my chef roasted a whole p ig. Always thinking with your gut, huh?”

He doesn’t rescind his comment. Just looks at me, then up the

stairs, then back at me again.

Sh it.

“It’s this way,” I say.

The others continue walking and the moment Tobin falls into step, I move to catch up to Karolina, not wanting to risk any more interactions with Tobin or him sniffing out any more information about me-or any dead bodies on our property.

Once within the dining room, the Elders position themselves at the long table.

Liam has instructed some of his wolves to move the serving.

platters and dishes to the opposite end to allow everyone to

sit comfortably.

Aleksei sits at the head of the table. Samsen and Petyr on

either side of him.

sits next, on the far side, so her back

Tobin remains standing.

and sits next

other side by

furthest from the group

Aaron.

Thank goodness.

can feel myself sweating.

the presence of so many Council members signifies something of

that might

Aaron,” Samsen begins. “You accrued the powers

Brian Clemson né Leithrow attacked your Luna in the Grove on the

“That is

What? Aaron absorbed more

didn’t know that. But then…I was too busy trying not to d ie as I absorbed my father’s lineage to really get a good

was going

flinch? I’d been thrashing and convulsing and on the verge of biting off

complain. Not once.

of power and when it was all over,

and

be hurting and

Da mn.

thigh and he squeezes my hand

this is why he didn’t make such a big deal

in the same

of

week for you,” I

a few lips twitch. Karolina nods

known. He should’ve told me. Not that

that

gives the slightest

I have

I should’ve known.

basic pack principle in the

to the person who will claim

any time with blood or a bit of hair, some ‘marker’ so the power flows into

his powers to me. And then. he did go and notify his pack and that word got back to the Council. Or at least, I’m assuming

never said, but somehow in the course of that night, it became

there was another

not sure where my father pulled the trigger and I haven’t had the courage to ask. I don’t know much about the details. surrounding his death or how it played out with Liam or the other wolves in this

follow in my

my father took his own life, anyone could have challenged him. And that’s what transpired with Aaron in the

an old movie my dad made me watch with him as

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