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“Sure” She shrugs “If Wolf comes home”

I’ my head “No That’s out of the question”

“Be quiet, little girl The grownups are talking” She turns to Rylan “You swept hi and it put me in a bad ith our mother Wolf needs to come home”

“No,” I say again I start to stand, but Wolf cla “No,” I repeat “Whatever price you need, I’ll pay it Anything else is out of the question”

She raises an eyebrow, looking unimpressed “What could you possibly offer ? You’re a nobody If you were someone, I would have heard of you by now”

I’erous wo chip I have I catch Malachi’s eye and he gives a tight nod He’ll follow my lead Rylan and Wolf will follow his

I gently disentangle hter His heir”

She narrows her eyes “You say that, and yet the fact re dress up” Her eyes flare cri to their normal icy blue “You don’t feel particularly powerful S”

“If you’re aware of that much about my father, then you’re aware of the stipulations about what it takes to becoht I have little in the way of bargaining power If we succeed, that will change, but first I need to convince her

Her gaze flicks to s “So you’re pregnant That doesn’t h to get declared heir before they started sharpening their knives and ai for that bastard’s back”

“I prefer a more direct route” I wave my hand at the three men “My father has never seen power that he hasn’t tried to claim for his own There’s a reason this is the stipulation to become his heir If I try to do this the proper way, he’ll lock me up, take the baby and claim it as his own via one of his mistresses, and likely try to claim the father as well” No need to tell her that he aloal already

She studies each of theon Wolf “Is my brother the father?”