Chapter 17 : A Tempting Offer

**Aria POV

Ten million credits!

He had to be joking; there was no way he'd offer a joining fee like that to someone from the slums. I'd been around the block enough to see that the look in his eye and his entire demeanor just screamed 'scheming type.'

But strangely enough, a part of me wanted so badly to trust him—no—was begging me to trust him, to go along with whatever he suggested simply because it would make him happy.

What the hell was wrong with me?

"That is a tempting offer," I said, clearing my throat, "but where I'm from, an offer like that is not without a catch."

Chris chuckled. "Yes, I have noticed that residents of the lower city districts are far more skeptical than the folk you'll find up here," he said jovially.

"But believe me when I say that there is no catch; I see your potential membership as an invaluable asset to my pack, not to mention that you'll be able to practice without fear of the law."

"But I still won't be licensed, because then you can't