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mentally prepared for the battle he knew was coming once he cornered his father. Silently, he opened the screen door and slipped into the shadowed kitchen. The staff had cleaned the area and left until it was time to prepare dinner.
    Colin prowled down the hall. Children’s laughter drifted on the air. Somewhere in the house his boys were having fun. The thought made him smile. He slowed his pace and placed his palm on his father’s office door. Words his father uttered halted his hand before he could push the barrier open. The slim crack widened just enough for him to get a view of the man pacing behind his desk.
    “I am willing to offer you a tract of land and a hundred and fifty thousand dollars. What you do with it is your problem.” Ian’s crisp tone became quiet.
    Silence. Colin eased closer to the entrance, leaning on the doorjamb.
    “I cut ties with my European pack; my son in Ireland is on his own.” He snickered. “Not that you Black Mountain mutts could do anything to him. What I want is for you to send your best fighters here, to the States, to challenge my youngest son, Colin.”
    A pregnant pause. Colin tugged on his earlobe. What he was hearing was a figment of his imagination; it had to be.
    “You must follow Pack rules, a fight to the death…yes, I know that. I don’t care who you send over.”
    So focused on the conversation his father was having, Colin drowned out all other noises.
    “Boy, feel free to try. The only reason your pack is still around is because I was feeling generous when I killed your grandfather. That pussy of a wolf you claim as your sire hid so he wouldn’t follow the same fate. Don’t forget my sons are my progeny. Trying to kill them and actually doing it are two different things. So don’t get arrogant because once the challenge is over I may feel the urge to avenge my son’s death.”
    Colin shoved the door open. It bounced off the back wall and swung back. He crossed the threshold, anger roiling in his belly. “You want me dead, old man, fucking do the dirty work yourself.” He sneered.
    Ian stopped cold and lifted his head; he tilted his head and cocked a brow. “Give me an hour and I’ll have the money wired directly to your account.” He dropped the handset in the cradle. “Listening to other people’s conversations is bad business, son. Eavesdropping on mine will get you killed.”
    “Works out for me considering what I just heard.” Colin marched up to Ian’s desk and place his fists knuckle down on the wood. “Let’s end this now. Challenge me.”
    A wicked, slow smile lifted the corners of his dad’s mouth. “No.” Casually he ambled from behind the desk and past Colin. His movements were slow as if he hadn’t a care in the world but his hands shook as he stuffed them in his slacks’ pocket. He left the room.
    Colin stared at his retreating figure and stomped after him.
    Ian opened the front door. Sentinels on duty spoke quietly as they walked by. He passed the formal living room opening where his sons were playing with blocks by the sofa. This was for them, for everyone in the pack. Colin gripped his father’s shoulder and spun him around.
    The older man growled and his incisors lengthened as his lips curled back. “Boy, have you forgotten who I am!”
    Guards stopped, staring at them. His sons’ laughter could no longer be heard. He glanced around to find his sons standing together gawking at him, their mouths slightly open. “Colin?”  Reana’s melodious voice floated down to him from the landing at the top of the stairs.
    He would not be distracted. “I know exactly what you are you son of a bitch!” He held his father’s gaze and opened his mouth.
    Ian shook off his hand. “Think about what you’re going to say and exactly what you will lose. I am your Alpha.” His words were jumbled and the seams of his suit jacket pulled as he bulked up.
    Colin’s claws cut through the wool material of his dad’s clothing as he grazed his