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"Looks like so--"

I punched hi cards

"I’ve wanted to do that since the first moment you opened your mouth, you stupid son of a bitch" I stepped over him and up to the bar Jackson, who’d been across the room, was suddenly at my side and looked ready to take on the world if anyone tried to avenge Hank No one made a move until the pack’s sole African-American

"Thank you"

Giving hi Their Majesties here"

He nodded, clapping et Calluht’s acting bartender and told Jackson he could stand down It didn’t escape an hadn’t reat effort to defend her either, th--dragged Hank back to his table and gave hiht, stirring up shit," she told hi it Hank didn’t scare ht?" I hollered to uest

Eyes pivoted froasped, "My God" Ben was the next, staggering to his feet and sending his chair skittering back across the hardwood as he cleared the room in a heartbeat and lifted his sister off the floor in a crushing hug

"You’re ho down his cheeks

"I’enia buried her face in his neck, her cheeks ith eed him back "I’ve missed you so much"

The rooirl was, and others were just excited to have Eugenia home She and I were the only two out of the loop on our relationship Before Callus, I’d assumed Ben was either Callum’s own son, or my Aunt Savannah’s Savannah, as it turned out, was out west shacked up with a prince there

Now a huge chunk of fa it like a damned reunion Beer flowed as freely as water, and people were toasting Eugenia’s return when Callum and Lucas walked in a few enia and held her at arlistened, but no tears fell Kings don’t cry They did hug, though, because Callu so fierce it put our brother’s to shaenia’s triumphant return to the fold He cleared the room in a heartbeat and liftedhis ars

My vision swa to pull o I returned his fevered kiss, then, begrudgingly, pushed hirowl, telling ive a hoot who could see us

Calluenia and another around Ben, beamed like a proud father "Thank you," he said "Thank you for this"

"About that You and I need to have a little chat"

A hush spread through the crowd I guess I’d forgotten ive-a-shits I shot back the scotch, griht I request an audience?"

"Of course"

We left the bar, Lucas insisting on coenia the i any of the wolves about Holden, and I had to hope she’d res and I settled into Callum’s office

"I suppose you want to finalize the details," Calluree way more important you need to know"

"Secret, I doubt there’s anything an, but I silenced hi to interrupt hi

"There is a pack in Maurepas Swae of his chair, suddenly very interested in what I had to say

"A feral pack At least twenty, not counting the women and children Not that the women are wolves They’re just incubators"

"I don’t think I understand"

"There is a pack of fucking Lost Boys on an island in the swa the the children"

"How do you--?"

I drew his attention to the mud and blood

"Did they…?" Lucas asked the question, but his words dropped off before he could finish the sentence "Are you…?"

"I don’t think their Alpha will be siring any new pups anytime soon And I definitely didn’t make any friends But I’m fine"

"My God," Callum said

"I don’t want to tell you your business, Callu into our territory when you have a dissenting pack not one hour from your front door" I leaned across the table and fixed hi pack can make you look, don’t you?"

Calluht then He turned to regard Lucas, as if to ask ifhad put h by now to understand that no one put ainst my will "Yes," he said at last "I do know"