Night lay heavy over the villa. Only one dim desk lamp burned in the study.
I stood before the floor-to-ceiling window with a glass of whiskey between my fingers, an ice sphere clinking softly in the amber liquid.
Footsteps sounded behind me as Leo approached with another drink.
He had already removed his suit jacket and casually rolled his shirtsleeves to the elbows, exposing sharply defined forearms.
"I found it."
He handed me a tablet playing surveillance footage. "After Daniel was released, your father expelled him from the Riverbend Pack. Daniel then secretly contacted several small packs along Riverbend's border and tried to unite them against us."
I stared at the familiar name in the signature field and sneered. "Where did an ordinary werewolf like him find the nerve?"
"Your
