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"No He asked me if I was happy To tease hi, he even see into it"

"He’s probably just being cautious," hedged Shaya "I guess you’ll find out later when you uess I will"

The Alpha of the Tranthaers on his office desk "So, Nick, what can I do for you?"

So far, Jesse kind of liked the guy Garth Whisler didn’t see, which was rare a Alphas He didn’t use his stocky build to intimidate, and he appeared to have the immense respect of his Beta and each of the enforcers he had introduced them to That spoke well of him

"I’ that I’ you’re interested in an alliance Like you, I have a reasonably small pack"

Nick already had plenty of alliances and, considering how many contacts he had, didn’t really need more However, there was little chance that Garth would share pack business with an outsider unless there was an alliance between them, which was only fair

"There would be a condition," said Nick

"Condition?"

Nick leaned forward in the seat opposite Garth "I need you to tellyou, is he?" Garth sighed, exchanging a look with his Beta "I’ve heard all about his hobby of pressuring shifters to sell their territory You’re not the first to co questions about him I can only tell you what I told theood of Garth to not mislead them, and Jesse could see that he’d now earned Nick’s respect

"I’ll agree to an alliance," said Nick

Garth accepted that with an incline of his head No insistence on shaking hands or anything, which made Jesse like hi Hector’s tian Garth, "so I don’t know hie"

"I’d still be interested to hear it," Nick told hi Respected Seven years ago, it splintered There was a terrible tragedy A girl froled to death, and left in a wooded area far from her territory She was only fifteen"