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Donovan sighed "I can’t pro What I can say is that Luciana’s up to soainst my chest "No! You don’t say?"

The side of his et it But I want you to be prepared for whatfor what you want"

I aze and couldn’t look away "Even if it puts other people in danger?"

"Yes"

I shook my head No way "That’s too selfish I don’t know that I could do that"

The only sign that Donovan was pissed was the sudden glow in his blue eyes "Fine Don’t coood of others, but don’t be a martyr either I’ve seen that look in Luciana’s eyes before Seen it in others, too I know this is going to co"

I broke his gaze Not because it was too intense, but because I was confused Hoas I supposed to knohat ht? "You really think it’s going to be a fight no matter what?"

He settled back in his chair "There’s a delicate balance between us supernaturals Any one gets too big for their britches and it’s bad for the lot of us Last ti We wanted too much control Too much power An evil wolf came to rule all the packs, and it went downhill from there"

"What about the Seven? Didn’t they do anything about it?"

"That’s exactly why the Seven were for One person shouldn’t be able to make a choice for a whole It’s the individual that can be corrupted, but by conducting open discussions between equals, we can decide what’s best for all packs" He blew out a breath "It works better this way Trust"Mr Hoel wanted to do aith the Seven"

"That’s right And I’ll not be surprised if he’s working with this local coven"

More fantastic news "So worst case, we fight withthe Ass-Hoel Soainst us Some don’t That’s that"

"Not quite You see, we did soroup, they’ll all co rationally We’re sending es Soht, one little misstep, and the balance will be thrown off"