A shadow passed over the table, and then Scott sat down across from me.I looked up in alarm and then looked over to Danielle, who nodded to say she was ready to toss him out.“Please,” he said with a calm smile. “I swear, I would just like to talk to you briefly.”“But I don’t wish to talk to you.”
Zane POV“Soon, I’ll be able to prove my devotion to you.”“Please don’t.”The recording replayed the noises of going into my purse, and I turned it off. Zane sat for a moment, thinking.“I particularly liked the part where you called him a psychopath,” he said finally.“I thought you might.” I was
Sarah POVThe summer was nearing its end, and elementary school was on the horizon. Part of me wanted to ask if we could just keep having Dr. Hayes, but I knew that wouldn’t work. It was vital that the girls socialized. Their classmates would be the people they would network and partner with in the
“Not having to worry so much about Chloe,” I said. “To know she has a proper future with her family.”Luna Amelie looked slightly amused, but she dropped my hands, and the room went back to normal. I felt slightly dizzy, and Dr. Hayes cupped my elbow.“Are you all right?” he asked.“She’s fine.” She
Sarah POVLater that day, the girls were prepping for the PPE with Dr. Hayes, though they both said they wanted to be there when we talked about the lawsuit. We promised instead to tell them everything important at dinner.I got to meet Zane’s personal attorney, Dale Landowski, an alpha with a calmi
Sarah POVGinnyWolf: OMG, a lawsuit? Is this 4 real? JohnPPPPP: What the hell is Family Justice United Another slavery ring in disguise? Jane Dayviellers: They’ve done some good work in the past, but they’ve totally lost their minds. How is taking little girls away from their loving family suppose
“That’s correct,” Zane said. “We want to keep this matter from disrupting the girls’ lives, but we’ve no qualms about having their living arrangements inspected.”“Well, I know that as pack alpha, you have many concerns that—”“If you’ll excuse me, I’m not sitting here as the pack alpha. I am Grace
Lainey POVAs I pulled my car onto the main driveway of the Cavendish property, I was thinking mostly of my personal return on investment for this position. When the pack alpha asked me to take on the job of Sarah Astor’s publicist, there were about a dozen reasons I couldn’t say no, but not as many