Chapter Ten

“I wouldn’t remember,” Solomon said. It had been a very long time since he was young.

“Ah, yes. Speaking of age, Lucia has asked me how old you are.” Alpha Salvatore’s focus returned to Solomon.

“Much older than her. Honestly, I stopped counting a long time ago. I’ve seen the rise and fall of many empires through the years. I’d like to leave it at that.” Solomon hated when someone pressed him about his age. He could remember when the first permanent English colony on the American mainland was established, and his memory went back further than that.

Alpha Salvatore pushed the signed contract across the desk to Solomon. “Are you sure you don’t find my daughter too young for you? Before you say anything, I’m not trying to insult you. It's just her mother and I raised her as a modern werewolf, you know.”

Meaning he wasn’t? Well, Solo supposed to some degree that was true. “My dear Alpha, outside of a few vampires, everybody is younger than me. I have no plans to subjugate your daughter, i