Chapter 6

I stopped laughing, meeting his furious gaze without a trace of fear. "Shameful?" I sneered. "You think dissolving the Bond is shameful, but giving away your own child as payment isn't? Derek, you preach repayment. I've given you two options. Why won't you take either?" "Because you won't sacrifice your fertility, and you won't risk the scandal of dissolving the Mate Bond tarnishing your precious Alpha reputation. See? At your core, you're just selfish—giving away a child someone else bore is easy. Sacrificing something of your own? Suddenly there are excuses." Derek froze, his grip slackening. I poked his chest, my voice dripping with sarcasm. "Stop pretending. You're so desperate to repay him because Arthur helped you with plenty of shady dealings, didn't he?" "But his standing in the pack is too high. You can't just eliminate him. So you shower him with favors, hoping he keeps quiet after retirement." Caught out, Derek's face flushed deep crimson. "What do you know?" he retor