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“That is the loophole,” I said, fury making my voice little more than a growl. “But no alpha worth his salt would take advantage of it.”

The council didn’t have a response to that.

“We need to speak with the Kings’ banker and see what they can tell us,” Bryn said. “And we need to go through everything Troy and Gregor owned. There must be information on this account somewhere.”

I sighed and pinched the bridge of my nose. This was turning into a much bigger nightmare than I’d thought. If Troy had used a human bank account, it would be very complicated to gain access to it.

“Don’t any of you have ideas about what the Redwolfs were planning?” Tavi asked. “It’s been seven years—you must have some kind of theory?”

The councilmen exchanged looks. “Well,” Colby began hesitantly, “it’s possible they were trying to expand King territory, but not from neighboring packs.”

“Wait, wait.” I held my hand up. “Are you saying they were after human land?” That was a disaster waiting to happen and much m