Alaric's face darkened with confusion. How could Carrie, a college student, be in debt for a hundred grand?! "What happened?" Alaric asked in a low voice. Carrie flinched under his piercing stare, her skin prickling with discomfort. Like some street beggar was judging her. "Hurry up and get the money! Or do you want to watch them drag me away?" Carrie snapped, nailing him with a look of pure contempt. This worthless sack of s**t just stood there like a frozen statue, even now. Galen and Kael might fear Onyekachi, but they had zero respect for Alaric. Since he'd shown up, it meant the human piggy bank—total chump—was afraid of Carrie. So making him pony up the dough to bail them out was only fair. "The f**k you lookin' at, dipshit? Go get the damn money now!" Galen roared, slamming th

