The Selfish Bargain

VANCE’S POV

The truth is that I saw Rowan Mercer at a pack gathering in 2016 — a territorial summit Trent dragged her to, a miserable event where she stood at his elbow in a dress that cost more than most people’s cars and smiled at people who didn’t see her and didn’t speak unless spoken to.

I watched her for an entire evening from across the room and wanted her with a violence that shocked me.

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