I smiled because it was almost funny. When the scandal first broke, they had been happy to distance themselves from me. Now that I was leaving on my own terms, suddenly I was worth keeping.
“I can still work on your furniture through my company,” I offered.
He smiled back, but there was caution behind it. I could smell the discomfort on both men. It was always like that. People found me intimidating and then did a poor job pretending they did not. Maybe it was because I was packless and still carried an Alpha wolf. Maybe it was because they did not know what rules I would follow if they pushed me too far.
“I hear you do not want to build my daughter’s joining gift,” Sigma Burke said.
I looked him straight in the eye.
“We all know why I can’t,” I replied.
His jaw tightened.
“Your dau
