POV: Callum Brennan
Location: Kensington, Mordaunt's Mansion
Time: Three Days After Battle
The address Mordaunt provided is in Kensington. Wealthy neighborhood. Old money. The kind of place where pack-raised wolves like me don't belong.
I'm standing outside a Georgian mansion that probably costs more than my entire pack's territory. Four stories. Manicured gardens. Security that's subtle but present.
This is where Mordaunt lives. Six hundred years of accumulated wealth on display.
I could refuse. Could ignore the summons. Stay in the Rookeries where I'm building something real.
But ignoring summons from Crimson Parliament member is suicide. Mordaunt would send hunters. Would destroy my crew. Would make example of me.
So I'm here. Answering. Walking into the vampire's lair because I
