Chapter 148

After authorities found Katherine Santoro and an unknown native woman’s naked bodies mauled to death by wolves in a thicket of woods in Mongolia six years ago, I acquired her company as quickly as possible. I thought full access to Santoro Enterprises would be a way to find the Menae who had all but disappeared off the face of the Earth. More than half of them were working for the company until they all suddenly abandoned their posts. Since then, I have hired all of them back at a significant pay increase.

These days, Tyree’s mate, Sondi, is their financial advisor through the MasonCo HR department. She has helped them all set up bank accounts with legitimate financial institutions and has shown them ways to save and invest their salaries so they will remain financially stable throughout their extended lifetimes instead of having to be tethered to Katherine’s finances.

Last week, Darius Cirillo, a member of Sondi’s old pack and owner of Cirillo Logistics, emailed me directly. As his