Dave got into his truck and drove to the nearest bar. He sat drowning his sorrows and decided that he would go scout the surroundings at the big house in the woods. There had been no new activity in town, so pack-affiliates couldn’t have arrived yet. He didn’t have a lot of knowledge about how packs worked, having grown up as a lone wolf for most of his life, he didn’t really care for pack etiquette. He had no desire to be an Alpha or any rank, for that matter. He just wanted his cut, the cut of Adara’s inheritance that Ramos had promised him. Supposedly, the little girl was worth a few million and even more than the money, he wanted a taste of her. He stumbled to his truck for a bit as his body heat evaporated the alcohol. He felt slightly better and got into his truck. He sat there f