Chapter 45

Daniel had no opinion on James - or Jim, as he preferred to be called - but that was likely because he had been biased against Beth's cousin from the moment of introduction.

Scheming didn't come naturally to Daniel; the Heether pack had always ruled by clear-cut authority, experience, wisdom passed down for generations.

But his view and opinion of the Rokley pack was far more skeptical, now that he knew Annalise was a snake of a girl who sought always to be the center of attention and chased every opportunity to subtly cut down Beth, and also that Luna Dahlia was trying to take Beth away from him.

Away from the Heether pack, that is. She was also high-strung, bursting into tears just like her younger daughter to try to get her way and displaying none of the power and composure the ruling Luna of a nation should.

So Daniel could only be suspicious that a cousin Beth hadn't seen in supposed years would suddenly show up to a birthday celebration out of the blue.

Yet another Rokley to