Chapter 10

Even though he had told me to run, I did not. I knew that if something happened to me, my dad would lose his bargaining power so there was no way he would hurt me. Instead, I watched Ryker face to face with my dad’s wolf.

“You don’t want to do this, Atlas,” warned Ryker, still in his human form. Atlas seemed to be my dad’s wolf. “I know you have been locked out for ten long years, I know you are eager to come out, but you have a clean record, you don’t want to taint that. Leonidas will not take you back.”

I turned to Ryker, lifting my eyebrow. “Are you scared of my dad’s wolf or are you trying to buy yourself some time?”

“Neither,” answered Ryker with a frown. “Khrysaor has been in a foul mood and I don’t want to kill Rob or Atlas.”

“Why?” I asked out of curiosity, not because I wanted him to hurt my dad. Although based on what I had read online during breakfast, killing someone’s mate was pretty high on the list of ten most