The bold and aggressive way Varek kept pushing us did not make sense at all. Money was important, yes, but I had already said I would pay him. So why was he still threatening us? He was acting as if we had missed a payment date or told him to fuck off. This all felt personal somehow. Money, out of everything in the world, was one of the least personal things I could think of. And right in the middle of everything was Vale.I met Jaxon at the barbershop, while my head was still full of questions. The barber, an old man named Claude Shipley, was a human who had always had a good relationship with the pack. The man had already been old when I was a kid, but his small barbershop was a well-known place in Pinecrest Valley.“Afternoon, Claude,” I said as I walked inside.He was just putting the cape around Jaxon’s shoulders when I entered.“Good afternoon, Orion. How are you?” the small man asked.“Better than I deserve.” I looked at him and around the shop.The three of us were completely
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