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nodded at the old
vampire, “Evening, Stanley.”
    Striding into the lift, he
stabbed the button for the top floor and grabbed the few seconds of
silence to clear his thoughts.
    What was Charlene Cole doing,
and who was she doing it for? She had teleported away with the rogue
werewolf instead of leaving him where he was after taking his blood.
And by drinking the werewolf's blood, she had clearly broken PAC
laws. Should he report her to the Enforcers? Should he reveal to
the Council that the supposedly deceased elder sister of the PAC
Alpha's mate was now a blood demoness, who had possibly gone rogue?
    Glenn's fangs elongated and
ground down on his lower lip.
    Six seconds were up.
    The lift door dinged open.
    Glenn snapped his eyes open
and walked resolutely to the tall double doors of the PAC conference
room.
    He took a moment to compose
himself, forcing his fangs to retract. He couldn't and wouldn't lie
to the Council. He would...just have to choose his words very
carefully.
    Glenn put his palm against the
solid door for a couple of heartbeats before pushing it open. He
nodded to the Council members present and took his seat. An animated
discussion was taking place between Samantha and the warlock Grayson
Volan. The witch and the warlock were discussing an upcoming
magickal conference that the PAC was hosting for the coven Elders
from the various cities. There were a few logistical issues to be
resolved, and Samantha and Grayson weren't exactly seeing eye to eye.
    Glenn glanced around the long
table. All the Council members were present, except Zorath. The
demon prince probably had his hands full putting his army and his
kingdom back in order after his recent bloody battle against Prince
Deviazel, a rapacious, bloodthirsty demon prince who had been eyeing
Zorath's kingdom for eons. The powerful bear shifter, Blake Madden,
had been instrumental in Zorath's victory, but looking at Blake, who
was lounging in his swivel chair in jeans and a gray tank top, you'd
never guess that he had just been in a fight to the death against a
deadly demon army. It was one maddened bear, defending his mate
against a horde of red-skinned demons, and the bear had won. Blake
looked relaxed, happy, blissful. He had found, fought for, and
claimed his mate, and it was clear that he and Jasynta, the PAC's
witch doctor and healer, were enjoying their honeymoon period. Jett
Riley, Head of the Enforcement Unit, had snorted, “Bear and
honey, so honey-moon, get it? Ha, ha, ha!”
    Jett was nudging and
whispering jokes to Ella Wong, the PAC Secretary and werepanther,
trying to distract her from her job of recording the minutes of the
meeting. Ella rolled her eyes and growled at Jett, leaving Jett to
chortle at his own jokes.
    But Glenn knew that Jett's
joking manner was just a front. The human was tougher, cleverer and
even more scarred inside than a lot of paranormals. When it came to
training and leading his Enforcers, Jett didn't joke around at all.
He was firm, demanding, and brutal—according to the rookie
Enforcers. He had heard some of the female Enforcers whispering
among themselves: “Jett has two steel rods, one in front, and
one up his a—”
    Keagan Slater, the weredragon
was sitting beside the PAC's honorary member, Helen Satchi, a
weretiger and the previous Alpha of the PAC. Lucas had granted her
the title of Emeritus Alpha, and allowed her a seat on the Council,
but she had no voting rights. Helen was more than a little abrasive
and resentful towards Lucas, but Lucas was a strong, secure alpha
wolf and Glenn respected him for his strength and good humor. Though
he had to admit that it was only after Lucas's mating with Charlotte
Cole that his humor had vastly improved.
    How would Charlotte and Lucas
react if they knew about Charlene and what she had become?
    Glenn shifted in his seat and
Lucas's sharp eyes slid to him. Lucas waited until Samantha and
Grayson were done, then spoke up, his eyes still pinned on Glenn, “It
seems we have