NicolaiI'm reviewing shipping manifests in my office when my Beta strolls in. Dimitri doesn't knock. Just walks in and closes the door behind him with an expression I can't quite read."She's gone," he says without explanation. Gone? What does he mean gone?I look up sharply. "What?""The ex-Mrs. Vale left Ironwood Pack this morning. Moved back to Greenwood River territory with her father."The relief that hits me at that news is all-consuming. Skye is free. Safe. Away from Vale. Everything I wanted for her.So why does my chest feel tight?"When?" I ask."A few hours ago. Her father and her aunt collected her. Man, that relationship is weird as shit.” He digresses, shaking his head.“Dimitri!” I growl, anxious to hear the rest. “Fuck! Sorry, Nic.” He rubs the back of his neck, looking sheepish. If he were anyone else, such familiarity or loss of focus might cost him a body part, or his life. But Dimitri knows he’s safe with me. “Uh, anyway, the council granted the move after Vale an
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