I'm listening, I said, gripping the earpiece tight enough that my knuckles ached, Mabel watching me with tense concern from where she sat recovering on the estate steps.
Callahan's voice carried through clearly despite the chaos evidently still surrounding him wherever he stood. Your Alpha and his allies have fought their way further into my operation than I anticipated any of you managing, he said. Vesper's assistance in freeing me was meant to secure a controlled retreat, an opportunity to relocate and continue this conflict on more favorable terms. Instead, I find myself cornered, genuinely cornered for what feels like the first time in longer than I care to admit.
Then surrender, I said. End this now, before anyone else gets hurt.
Something that might have been a laugh crackled thro
