Darius considered this. “I have wolves loyal to me and my family. I imagine they are responsible for this, with my daughter’s encouragement. You will probably even receive a ransom call soon. I know this group well. I have been funding them after all.”
“For what purpose?” George demanded.
Darius shrugged. “My pack has been run into the ground. I was planning on overthrowing Gideon and his family by force.”
I stilled, a protective kind of urgency rushing through me. This was the guy we were going to let go? What was to stop him from collecting his rogues and trying to kill us again?
“Daphne is probably helping Susanne and Victoria to some end,” Darius said. “Though specifically what, I could not be certain.”
“You are being upfront with all of this,” George said. “It isn’t like you to d
