Some significant distance from the hotel, an underground casino just opened for business. The place was filled with large roulette tables, brightly-lit slot machines, gambling chips and numerous decks of cards. Lycans who crowded the place cheered for their friends, booed their opponents, slammed the tables at losses, and treated everyone to a round of drinks at victories.

A female Lycan was searching high and low before finally locating the person she came for. She casually slid into the seat opposite him in his private booth, seemingly undaunted by his menacing expression.

When she smirked, he asked, “Do you want me to throw you out again, Livia?”

Livia was undaunted...