BEAST The moment Teddy said her name, I knew it mattered. It wasn’t from something just in passing. It wasn’t just another name tied to another problem being placed in the council's path for fixing. No—McCready rang like a bell in a part of my memory I hadn’t touched in years. It took time to unlock it. Hours, actually. Sitting alone, going through old intel, old conversations, things I hadn’t needed to think about since I stepped down as President of the Demon’s Inferno MC and handed the title over to my son, Creeper. Then I claimed the love of my life and took my seat with the Council. When it finally came rushing back, it hit me. Hard. The McCready bloodline wasn’t just notable—it was f*cking royal. Ancient. Lycan. They weren't the first wolves. No, wolves were created by Se

