Chapter 29

Before she can answer, her phone starts ringing again. “Da mn it. If that’s Adam again…”

“It’s not him.”

She holds up the phone so I can see it. She swipes to answer.

“Dad?” she says.

“Leeeah.” His voice is muffled and slurred.

He’s drunk.

For wolves, that is an almost impossible feat.

Our metabolisms burn too high for something like alcohol to take root in our systems. If Leah’s dad is this messed up, he must’ve gone on a real bender.

“Sorry f-for what I did.”

you don’t need to

Actually he does.

men, both teams that came to the Council meeting, sync up with Leah’s dear old deadbeat dad, to make sure he knew to make things right

gave

ut about who him any stock

Council money if he didn’t

but her ol’ man didn’t know that. If he hadn’t been so desperate in the first place, my plan

those funds frozen,” he tells her. “Roberts lands will go into foreclosure. The corporation

seen this coming. It’s why I’ve been buying up Roberts stock and the

really is ripe for

things so horribly. But that’s his problem not

lower lip. “Dad, we’ll figure it out.

Not

him choking on tears through the phone.

would’ve been better if the mate bond took me when

I’m going to see her now. And when I’m gone, that will make sure they can’t trace anything back to

Dad, what are you saying?”

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