Hunting Ground: Alpha & Omega, Book 2 by Patricia Briggs

Author:Patricia Briggs
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi
Tags: Paranormal, Weres
ISBN: 9780441017386
Publisher: Ace
Published: 2009-01-01T13:00:00+00:00

that I am.”

Zen wolf. That had a bigger punch than Omega.

“And how have you decided to do it?”

He smiled at her, his face lit with mischief. “I have an intention. Tonight there is to be a feast, yes? And after that, a hunt. Anyone not a submissive wolf may join in the hunt. That exclusion is for their protection, with so many dominants about. Anyone. I think that I should hunt.”

EIGHT

CHARLES was most comfortable by himself or, if that wasn’t possible, with his pack in the wild. Talking for hours in a crowded auditorium was not on any list of things he enjoyed—or things he was good at. At least no one had died. Yet.

The Germans had settled down as soon as the Italians’ Omega had stalked off with offended dignity. The Italians, for their part, did a good job of concealing their glee and got down to business. Deals were hammered out.

By two in the afternoon, Charles and the Finnish delegates were finally bringing to fruition a complicated dance of issues further confused by translation problems. They claimed to have no one who spoke English. He didn’t speak Finnish. So they translated through a Norwegian wolf who spoke Finnish and Spanish, and a Spaniard who spoke English. He suspected it was a ruse to give them time to think—and he had no objection.

He agreed to a no-interest loan for the Finns to use for positive publicity, fronted by the charitable arm of the Marrok’s company. Though Charles himself would be in charge of the distribution and would expect results for the money—it was still a good deal.

The Finns weren’t the only ones smiling as they finished up. Everyone had been following the negotiations closely, many of them even taking notes as they finally decided to believe that the Marrok had no intention of leaving them high and dry—and was willing to sign contracts, legal contracts that could now be taken to courts just like anyone else’s: a benefit none of them had thought of until now. Gradually, as the day progressed, a spirit of cautious optimism had begun spreading through the wolves.

“We are agreed?” Charles asked the man who’d been acting as the Finnish lead.

As the translation worked its way through the language barriers, and the Finn began to nod, Jean Chastel stood up, and said, “No.”

The Frenchman waited until the Finn, who had come to his feet in the middle of negotiations, slowly sat down before he continued. “We won’t accept guilt money for this betrayal of all the treaties we’ve signed with the Marrok in which he agrees to keep his nose out of our business.”

And damned if he didn’t open up a slick briefcase and start piling up paper—and parchment that looked as though it might have been older than Chastel, and was ancient enough to smell of dust rather than lamb. “We do not need the Marrok’s money. We are not under his ‘protection.’ He has no jurisdiction in our territories.” There was a grim triumph in Chastel’s face.

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