I've picked locks, hot-wired bikes, and broken into exactly one filing cabinet belonging to a werewolf.
I told myself, riding the wave of frustration that carried me back to the main compound two nights later, that this wasn't reckless. This was practical. Ronan had made it abundantly clear he wasn't going to hand over the truth about my father on his own timeline, which meant I needed to find it on mine, and I'd spent enough of my life fixing things other people said couldn't be fixed to believe patience was always the smarter option.
I waited until I knew he'd be gone — a pack matter across the territory line, Killian had mentioned offhand at dinner, the kind of business that would keep the Alpha out past midnight. It felt like a betrayal even as I planned it, sneaking into a man's pri
