“What’s he doing here?” Aria’s voice, full of accusation, rang through the silent conference room as Brad stepped through the doorway behind Melanie and Jordan.
“He’s representing the Crimson Pheonix Pack for this emergency meeting,” Melanie retorted with crossed arms.
She looked around the room, daring anyone to go against her edict. Her eyes briefly met Ricky, who gave her a slight nod of encouragement.
“Only a beta can take the place of his alpha as second-in-command,” Aria seethed.
“But if the gamma has alpha blood, he can also stand in place of his alpha,” Brad interjected smoothly. “I don’t see what the problem is here. Witches are being picked off for some dark magical spell and you’re more worried about technicalities,” Brad added, striding over to sit down purposefully nex
