Chapter 36
The consideration my father asked for lasted less than a day.
I was in the middle of reviewing transport routes with Rylan when the summons came. This time it was not a private conversation. The message required my presence in the main hall where several senior pack members and two representatives from Westbridge were already waiting.
Lila caught me on the stairs.
“He is making it public,” she said under her breath. “If you walk in there and do not refuse him clearly, the pack will take your silence as agreement.”
“If I refuse him clearly he starts dismantling the board positions tonight.”
“Then you are trapped.”
“Yes.”
She looked at me with something close to anger. “And Elara? You still have no word of her, and you are about to let Father stand you beside another woman
