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"How long?" Curran asked

"Since we cae said "I love hiet uessed

George grimaced "Ed isn’t a bear Nobody but a Kodiak would do If not a Kodiak, then at least some sort of a bear That’s ere so careful I tried talking to Dad seven weeks ago It went badly I asked hiot serious with another shapeshifter asn’t a bear"

She looked into her cup again

"What did he say?" Curran asked, his voice gentle

George looked up Her eyes flashed and for ainto a rooe was a Kodiak like her father Underestiht she was dejected, but now I finally identified the ee was pissed off and she was using every ounce of her will to keep froe "He told me he would disown me"

"That sounds like hian to pace the kitchen, circling around the island like a caged animal "He said that I had a duty to the clan That I had to pass on enes and make werebear children with a proper werebear man"

"Did you tell him that if he likes werebear men so much, maybe he should marry one?" I said I would pay"Of all the archaic idiotic thingsHis brain one senile"

"You know he says shit like this," Curran began

She spun to him "Don’t you dare tell me he doesn’t mean it"

"No, he means it," Curran said "That man believes in his heart that bears are superior He h on it In the seventeen years I ran the Pack, I had about two dozen cos he said and never about things he did He has fir out Eduardo would be out of character for hi "You didn’t hear hiht "What happened after you spoke with your father?"

George shook her head "You knohat this bullshit about passing on genes means? It means that if Eduardo and I had children, my father would think they are deficient You don’t understand, Kate I’hter!"

"Of course, I don’t," I said "I never had problee opened her mouth and stopped When it came to Daddy issues, I won to infinity

"What happened after Mahon and you had a chat?" I asked

"Eduardo and I talked about it Eduardo was doing odd jobs for Clan Heavy and also helping s That would all disappear Jim needs my dad to maintain his power base I don’t have a shred of doubt that if my dad made a stink, my job with the Pack would evaporate, too"

"Your e said "But it would be after the fact, and the argument would be that it’s already done and Jim couldn’t rehire me because it would an to quietly cash out istered with the Guild"

The Mercenary Guild was the largest for-profit ency in Atlanta When people encountered soic beast or problem, they called the Paranormal Activity Division first, but cops in post-Shift Atlanta were overworked and stretched too thin In some cases people called the Order of Merciful Aid next, but dealing with the knightsthem complete authority When the cops couldn’t come out and the matter was either too minor or too shady for the Order of Merciful Aid, you called the Guild They did bodyguard details, they did ic hazmat cleanup, they did search and destroy--they weren’t picky as long as money was involved I’d been a ood place to earn one to hell in a handbasket

"How did he do at the Guild?" I asked

"He did well," George said "He said so he couldn’t handle"