#CHAPTER 234: Strike Zone (New Chapter)

Ella POV My contact at the prison told me Hayes followed his script exactly, and for the moment, I decided to put the wolf out of my mind. Few things had ever worked out as nicely as discovering the good doctor’s gambling addiction, and Hayes had several million reasons to do as he was told. When the time was right, I’d get him released, maybe faking his death? And he could retire to the island of his choosing. I found myself oddly reluctant to take care of him more permanently; he’d been such a faithful little thing. And what a time we’d had together. So many near misses, so many last-minute saves, when all the while the little jackal should have died the second she showed up in Zane’s life. How many attempts had I made? How many times had she come out unscathed? To say nothing of Grace’s calling her wolf in time to save her when she should have died about sixty seconds after Olivia had pushed her out into the world. Damn it, but even a slew of terrorists hadn’t been able