Mischa smiled, Lucinda could play this game with Christy as easily as Mischa herself could, it appeared. But then again, she didn’t think it was that hard to do. Christy wasn’t so bright at all, and her own words showed just how lacking she was in understanding what she’d not only organized for this mating ball.
But what she’d actually said, and what was read between the lines of her words, the clause in their pack alliance around mating balls was specific. She was actually saying, ‘Get lost, I don’t want you here,’ and everyone in this room knew why, because she’d never been able to get her act past Nick is what. He’d seen right through her from day one.
So getting rid of Nick and the alliance with his pack was now, she could see, at the top of Christy’s list of things to do. She didn’t
