"Thank you all for being here tonight. Your presence and generosity are what keep this tradition alive, and what made this Charity Auction the success it was…"
A closing speech for an auction. Nothing more.
For a man like Caius—a chameleon who could tailor his tongue to any audience—it was hardly a challenge.
Even if, privately, he found these events faintly ridiculous. He'd grown up in an orphanage. He knew exactly how much of these charitable funds actually reached the children after being siphoned through layer upon layer of hands.
But Selena had asked him to be here. And he knew this was a Blackthorn tradition—and by all accounts, the Blackthorn Pack's orphanage really was leagues above the rest.
Caius reined in his drifting thoughts. After formally declaring the Charity Auction c
