"She is a wonderful wolf. I did misjudge her, but I think there's too much negative history between Brigitte and me for that to ever work. Despite knowing what she knows now about Phillipe, I still killed her mate. That's not something easy to overcome. I couldn't forgive Phillipe after Adriana died. I was willing to let him live, but I hated him."

"I agree," Brigitte said. "I don't hate Quinn anymore, but I don't think I'll ever love him. Too much water over the dam there."

"I have a question," I said, "Rene gave all the wolf bitches permission to ignore Quinn's demands for obeisance. Why did you, who...