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.

on the far side, so her back faces

Tobin remains standing.

in and sits

next, on the other side by Karolina.

the group of them.

Aaron.

Thank goodness.

can feel myself sweating.

presence of so many Council members signifies

what that might

“You accrued the

né Leithrow attacked your Luna in the Grove on the night of the 18th.”

“That

What? Aaron absorbed more

that. But then…I was too busy trying not to d ie as I absorbed my

else was going

that and barely flinch? I’d been thrashing and convulsing and on the verge of biting off my own tongue. I thought my bones. were going to

complain. Not once.

of power and

and took

be hurting and

Da mn.

squeezes my hand for

I wonder if this is why he didn’t make

insist on being in

of a whole other pack.

for you,” I

lips twitch. Karolina nods like she agrees

known. He should’ve told me. Not that we’ve

all that

gives the slightest

have my

I should’ve known.

pack principle

to the person who will claim it

with blood or a bit of hair, some ‘marker’ so the

good idea. of how my dad managed to leave his powers to me. And then. he did go and notify his pack and that word got back

it became clear that I

was another

trigger and I haven’t had the courage to ask. I don’t know much about the details. surrounding

follow in my father’s

anyone could have challenged him. And that’s what transpired with Aaron in the Grove. Brian attacked me…and Aaron challenged

was an old movie my dad made me watch with him as a

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