Chapter 307

• She doesn’t flinch, doesn’t even blink. “Watch me.”
• There’s a fire in her that I hadn’t expected, and I can’t help but admire it, even if it’s directed at me. But this isn’t just about her or me. This is bigger, and she needs to understand that.
• “I don’t think you understand.” I take a step closer until we’re nearly nose to nose. “If you back out, if you refuse this arrangement, your family will be shunned from the pack. Everything your father’s tried to protect, all the debt he’s supposedly repaid with this… it’ll mean nothing. They’ll lose everything.”