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SPOILER ALERT
THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS REFERENCES TO PREVIOUS BOOKS IN THE SERIES
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Astennu
I tried to keep the tremble out of my hand as the mouse slid across the mat to open the first hidden-away file. Badru quickly gripped my shoulder in silent support, the same horrid apprehension gripping his centre as it was mine.
All the falsified invoices were there, twenty-two of them in total and dating back a decade, just as Elan had found. Each was different, listing a contrasting vendor name, amount paid and service rendered; accounting, consultancy, construction…
The fact our father had these hidden on his computer told us one simple dark truth. He was not only aware of the payments to the pack, he was involved with them.
Why? What were they truly for?
‘I don’t know, but he’
