Chapter 63

Osborne With most things settled, one problem still nagged at me: Bella. I couldn’t let her pull another stunt, so I picked up my phone and dialed Alpha Hamilton. He hesitated, then answered. “If you’re calling about my daughter’s little tantrums, you’re wasting your time,” he said — calm on the surface, but with something dangerous under it. “I’m not calling about that, Alpha Hamilton,” I said, my eyes on Aina and Clara chatting a little way off. “I’m calling about the deal from our last meeting.” He quieted for a while before he asked “why are you bringing it up now?”. I let out a short laugh. “Another pack’s willing to take the contract at the price we wanted. If I give it to you, we lose money — hope that makes it clear.” I heard him bang his hand somewhere and spit, “You wouldn’t dare.” I inhaled slowly. “Try me. If you don’t want your business and your pack falling behind, you’d better put your daughter in order. If anything like what happened yesterday repeats itself again,