Chapter 111

Theo's POV The dinner with Daisy was a necessary inconvenience, though every fiber of my being wanted to be anywhere else. Across from me in the upscale restaurant that occupied the ground floor of the building adjacent to VM Group headquarters, she sat with the kind of polished elegance that came from generations of Alpha breeding and finishing schools. Her cream-colored dress was perfectly chosen to complement her skin tone, her posture impeccable, her smile calculated to charm and disarm. But none of it mattered. All I could think about was Claire, alone in that apartment I'd secured for her protection, probably staring out those beautiful windows at a world she couldn't safely rejoin because of my failed attempt to shield her from gossip. "The terms we discussed regarding the pharmaceutical distribution rights are acceptable," Daisy said, her fingers wrapped delicately around her wine glass. "My pack's network can provide the reach you need to counter Lucian's aggressive expansion.