Derek pushed open the heavy library doors. "What have you got?"
Kai's voice drifted across the room, reading from a tablet in that easy, teasing tone he always used.
"Kira Thornclaw, twenty years old, sophomore year, studying Law and Inter-Pack Governance at Aethelwulf Centralis University, straight-A student. Best friend, Jessica Ashfang…"
Derek tuned him out, crossed to the sideboard, and poured himself a generous measure of whiskey, then knocked it back in one burning swallow while he tried to get his head around the woman in his home. He was furious at Rolf and his pack for making a fool of him, yet after talking to her last night, he was not sure what he wanted to do next.
Something was definitely wrong, and it was not just about the deception.
