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"And this is supposed to make us do what, panic?" Nick snickered "We were never in New Orleans, and all you have are three witnesses who strangely never came forward So either the witnesses saw otherup Whatever But, hey, if you think you can o for it I’ll be surprised if a court wishes to dredge up the whole thing, given it will highlight all theDerren"

"Oh, I agree that this isn’t enough, particularly since his body was never found But if these statements reached the extreht find yourself with people co at you from all sides I’d say life would becoht Reporters would pounce on such a story And Derren’s childhood pack--e his innocence--would likely love a reason to persecute hih

"Of course, these staterowled "You think you can blackmail me? You son of a bitch" No sooner had he cocked back his fist and lunged than Hector’s two guards each whipped out a revolver Derren and Eli quickly grabbed Nick and yanked him back

"Shoot hiuards They sed hard, but their hands didn’t waver

"Killing et you nowhere," Hector told Nick, voice a little unsteady "I have taken ed off the wolves holding hiestured at the envelope and said, "They are copies The originals are somewhere safe My attorney and some others I trust also have copies If I die, they will release them to the world"

"Why do you hate shifters so much?" Ally asked Hector looked stunned by her words "It’s no coincidence that you’ve acquired a lot of land over the years that ned by shifters Seems that they’re not your favorite species"

Cheeks flushed, Hector spoke to Nick "I’ive you some time to find alternative territory, since you will now have to do it without any funding froin for another three months You have until then to secure new land and relocate If you don’t, copies of these testimonies will find their way to various people And rehed "I’ht choice"

Then he turned his back on theuns still aiht up until they were in the safety of the BMW

Looking rightfully enraged, Nick and the others pivoted on their heels and stalked into the forest, where they joined Jesse, Roni, and Marcus

"That rat bastard," growled Roni "He’s actually trying to black to ask if those stateure that Seer deserved to die anyway, and it’s your business if you made it happen sooner rather than later Besides, it wouldI killed to avengeus attention froinals"

Pacing, Nick nodded "But he’s a rich guy who has properties in several places--the originals could be anywhere"

"If he’s done this before, it’s likely that he keeps all his blackmail material in one place," said Marcus "Like a safety deposit box or so tellsthis because he hates shifters with a passion that’s actually frightening I think he’d want to look at the ht like to have his trophies close by"

"What else did you sense fro as all hell, which makes me think he’s done this many times before and is sure it’ll all work out the way he wants it to He’s also scared of Nick, but he seeives hihed "Unfortunately, that’s all I got In short, he’s a serial blackood ol’ adrenaline rush, and hates our kind--which means he also hates half of who he is"

Derren scrubbed a hand down his face "So nohat? I don’t think he’s bluffing about the copies Even if we do find the originals, the copies would still do dae if they were released We could probably confront his attorney and hope he knohere they are"

"It won’t be easy to find them or it would have been done before by other packs," said Marcus "He probably has a lot of smoke screens in place"

"Like multiple attorneys and safes," said Eli "It would take us a lot of fucking tiet all this shit, even with all Nick’s resources"

"You know," began Roni, "we could try some tit for tat Blackestion Roni was the type who always got even "That ht work I saw his face when Ally asked him why he hated shifters He hadn’t expected us to suspect that, and he didn’t like it"

"Even though he hates our kind, I noticed he doesn’t uards were polar bears Probably lone shifters that he’s hired as guards"