I learned the rules fast.That's one thing I'll give myself credit for. When Kenny pulled back the curtain on the world underneath New York I didn't spend weeks in denial or months refusing to accept what I'd seen. I'm a practical woman. I grew up in this city. I know that survival requires adaptation, and adaptation requires speed.So I learned.The attention system worked like this. Every supernatural being in New York existed within a web of visibility. Alphas at the top, their power directly proportional to how many people feared them, admired them, and talked about them. A single viral moment, a public display of dominance, a show of wealth, a carefully orchestrated scene of power, could fuel an alpha for weeks. Conversely, a public humiliation, a visible weakness, or a moment of doubt witnessed by the wrong eyes could drain them faster than anything physical.It was the most New York thing I'd ever heard.Kenny's territory covered the Upper East Side and parts of Midtown. His pac
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