chapter 18

Everly I worked on the mural all morning, only stopping when my parents arrived for lunch. The meeting with them went well, but the pack's finances are destroyed. Dad has been using loans to pay off loans, which only put him into more debt, and I have to think of a way to absolve all of that. I don't have millions packed away. What savings I do have aren't enough to cover the debt and the hotel, and I’m not about to ask Valen for the money. Then there’s the contract between my father and Nixon, who holds the pack as collateral for the debt my father owes. Dad has kept up with his repayments, but all those repayments are loans from the bank too. I’m in over my head, I know it, and with Valen not speaking to me, I don't know anyone that can help without selling off the pack assets. All the pack businesses are in the red as well. A few of the loans taken out are through two of the banks owned by Valen's pack, so maybe I could at least have the interest rate lowered or relinquish those bus