Filthy rich werewolves by Taylor Caine novel Chapter 18

JASON

“You keep staring at my hands,” I say to my beta. “Why?”

Terrence is silent for a few seconds. “I’ve seen those hands choke the last life out of an enemy. I’ve seen your claws eviscerate a dozen enemies.”

“And?”

“Last night I saw from the rode way as you warmed some ex-convict woman’s hands.”

I frown. I lean back in my desk chair and regard him coldly.

“Never mind,” Terrence says. “A minor observation.” He hands me a card.

I don’t open it. “What is it?

“This is the invitation. In two weeks, Lily and Sean Stevens will get officially engaged. Senior Alpha Stevens hopes that you can join."

"Engagement?"

Of course, I understand the intentions of these packs sending this. After all, Jennifer Atkinson, is the eldest daughter of the Atkinson Alpha and before that tragic accident, she had been my fiancee. Now Sean Stevens, the young Alpha of Pack Stevens is marrying Jennifer’s sister, Lily.

“They want to see our attitude,” Terrence says.

Yes. "Then let's go and have a look."

I spend the next few hours evaluating business proposals and contracts.

In the afternoon, Terrence accompanies me to a private medical facility that my pack owns in the city. Terrence stands outside the ward.

I push open the door and walk in slowly.

The old man in the hospital bed had once dominated the world. He’d built the Reed Pack empire and it was his efforts that grew our pack’s fortunes. But his only son had run away from home for a female.

Many years later, the only two things that would come back to the Reed family were a handful of ashes and a child.

Me.

I look at the old man in the hospital bed. This man, who deserved to be called his grandfather, was dressed in a hospital gown with a needle in the back of his hand. His body was getting weaker and weaker day by day, and he looked thin. Frail.

A physician enters the room. “Dr. Clemson… how is he?”

This doctor is one of our pack’s finest doctors. He’s been on a rotation here at this human facility to ensure the senior Alpha receives the best care.

“Don’t you two start talking about me like I’m not standing right here!”

Clemson smirks. “He’s in good spirits today.”

Grandfather growls.

Clemson grins and walks out of the room. “I’m around if you need any specific information.”

"You're here,” Grandfather tells me.