“Why would Counsel Piazza ever say such a thing? Or discuss it with my brother. You must have heard them wrong,” I try to reason with her, wanting to cheer her up but she's crushed.

I already can’t understand what is going on, but this would be outrageous.

As my old pack is organized, with practically just my brothers in all the leading positions, it was decided long ago that it would be a good idea to have unbiased counsel who weren’t connected to the Alpha, Beta or Gamma by blood. So, if Giorgio was discussing this with Ramona’s father, I know that it has to have been a quite...