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“That’s not good enough. Every alpha—even interim ones—should be informed of the pack’s affairs. It’s ridiculous to keep something a secret just because you’ve gotten complacent.”

Grant inclined his head to take her point.

Bryn’s shoulders lost some of their stiffness. We were finally getting somewhere, and she didn’t need to keep herself as rigid.

“So the account is at least seven years old,” she said. “Did you confront Gregor about this?”

“We did. Alpha Gregor claimed he would handle it, but the money continued to disappear.”

Encouraged by Grant’s willingness to talk, Councilman Ross said, “We waited a little while for Gregor to put a stop to the payments, but he never did. The only thing he seemed to do was lessen the amounts withdrawn from each account.”

“Do you think he was the one hoarding it or someone else?” Bryn asked.

“We suspected Troy was squirreling the money away,” Councilman Colby said. “We figured that was why Alpha Gregor didn’t stop the withdrawals. We tried to stop