Chapter 147

“Liam?”

I’m staring at a stranger.

“I’ll make it quick, Leah. You’re the victim in all of this.”

My hand waivers. It’s like I know.

I know in my heart.

But my mind refuses to accept what my eyes are seeing.

Liam shakes Ryker’s hand. “Your percentage will be routed to your account by morning.”

“What is this?” I whisper. “One big setup?”

He rolls his eyes. “Obviously.”

“But why?”

Ryker gathers the papers and his expression is sympathetic. “If it is any consolation,” Ryker tells me, and his accent has thickened. “Your willingness to set aside everything for family… that is the rarest form of loyalty.”

“Goodnight, Ryker,” Liam says pointedly.

I tighten my grip. “You won’t be able to access the firewalls or the lab. I’ve changed all the passcodes.”

share a glance.

have

I can

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oddly, his chin giving the slightest nod

turns his back on us

I am paralyzed.

outcomes. But this was

them.

stalks me and I swing the gun until it is

“Or what? There’s not enough bullets in that clip to ki ll me and we both

“They’re silver.”

know if they are, but I’m going with it.

smirks. “Guess we’ll see if you can’t get off enough shots then.” His eyes flare once more. He’ll be on me

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“Stop!”

a stalemate. It’s more like a

see who will react first.

I have to try and reason with him.

don’t have to do this. I named

my successor. I sealed it in blood. I left you everything. You’ll be Alpha. You’ll have the corporation-I’m just trying to get it back on its feet. Brother,

at my stomach. “And what

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