Diego paused, "then there is only one way left," he said. Lucian bristled, "What way?" Diego let a small, sharp laugh slip out. "Doesn't the casino have that savage kind of betting where you stake more than coins? Were you able to stake your own body? Lucian you could stake yourself." He smiled.. Lucian felt the room shrink. His pack name, his family, the weight of Drake pressed on him. "But what if the other party refuses," he snapped. "How about this? I will sign an accord with you all. I will stake myself. You trust that I will repay. Is it possible that Travers Corporation, large as it is, would fall into your debt? My brother in law is the president of Hamilton Corporation." Diego folded his hands, all calm. "Lucian it is not that I trust you less. It is that our borrowing ward ha

