~ JOHN-PAUL ~ John-Paul was surprised to find himself looking forward to this. As he drove back to the city turning over the events in his mind he had to admit that his cousins—though horrific in their delivery—just might have known something he didn’t. If nothing else, he was going to deliver one more female out of the fangs of yet another abusive Alpha. He smiled with grim satisfaction. Alpha Sather was still strong, but past his prime. It would be a pleasure to first remove his daughter as a pawn, then give her all the freedom to watch her thrive and become everything she should have been all along. And while he was nervous about keeping his determination to leave her untouched, he looked forward to the seclusion, too. In the hours they’d had together, there had been bare glimpses