CHAPTER FORTY SEVEN

“We found another rogue on our territory,” Ryan says, fixing a glare at me.

Though he has accepted Isabel as my mate, he still hasn’t fully warmed up to the idea yet. And that shows in moments like these. Little jabs that suggest he blames me for the problems we’re having with intruders.

“I’ll take care of it,” I say with a sigh.

“We haven’t caught him yet,” Ryan says. “I’ll have the guards grab him and then you can do the interrogation. You can figure out what to do about him and how to keep rogues off of our territory.”

“Don’t worry about it,” I say, eager to prove myself to him. The more useful he thinks I am, the more leverage I’ll have when it comes to negotiating Isabel’s presence here.

“I’ll find him and catch him myself,” I say. “I’ll figure out why he’s here and try to figure out what we can do to rectify this problem.”

Ryan nods as he looks at me apprehensively. “Okay,” he says. “I’m trusting you with this because you haven’t let me down before. But I swear if it’s Be