“Danica?”
“Sorry. How can I help?”
“I have a proposition for you.”
“What kind of proposition?”
“I’d like you to hire one of my wolves.”
I gaped at him and gestured at the boxes. “Look, as you can see, this is a party for one. I can’t afford to hire anyone until I have some money coming in the door.”
His gaze stayed steady on my face. He wasn’t giving me his alpha stare, but it still took everything in me to meet his eyes anyway. I suppressed the urge to tap into my power and give him a run for his money.
Werewolves.
He smiled slightly. “You don’t need to pay her. Think of her like an intern.”
“Why, exactly, do you need me to hire her? There must be plenty of places she could work if she needed a job.”
“Kyla is a female werewolf.”
“Explain to me exactly what that means.”
He gave me a cool look at the order and I refrained from rolling my eyes.
“Female wolves are exceedingly rare. Think one-in-a-million. She’s too dominant to be ignored, she’s bored, and she’s challenging male wolves above her in the pack hierarchy. Their responses range from refusing to fight a female to deciding to teach her a lesson.”
“So she’s a werewolf with authority issues and you thoughtIwould be a calming, level-headed influence?”
He laughed. “That may be a bit much to ask.”
“Look, Nathaniel, I’m the last person who should be working with anyone who has problems taking orders. Especially if you’re hoping for her to level out some.”
He smiled slightly at that. “Many of my wolves have positions working for human security companies or as firefighters and police officers. However, they have all been wolves for at least a decade. Their self-control is excellent.”
“Kyla’s isn’t?”
“It is. However, she has been a werewolf for less than two years. She wishes she didn’t need the pack, resents my authority, and craves a return to her normal life. She has threatened to leave the pack.”
“That would make her a lone wolf.”
Nathaniel nodded. “A female lone wolf is unheard of. She would be hunted by feral wolves looking for a mate.”
“I’m assuming she’s not an idiot. Why would she risk that?”
“As she likes to tell me, Kyla had a life before she was changed. A good one. And now she is expected to follow the rules of someone she doesn’t particularly respect.”
I winced. As someone who was technically under a demon’s authority right now, I could relate.
Nathaniel’s gaze dropped to the intricate gold mark on my arm. The mark that proclaimed me as belonging to Samael himself.
He nodded. “I think it would be good for Kyla to see you working within the confines of Samael’s authority.”
I gritted my teeth at that. “As you’ve just reminded me, I live with Samael’sauthorityhanging over my head. And I’m doing everything I can to remove that authority.”
Nathaniel smiled. “I think you will get on well with my wolf.”
“I don’t have enough work for her.”
