He grabbed her and pulled her into her room, and mmed the door. I pretended to go into my room, closing the door loudly, but then I mumbled a spell that deadened my steps and I crept closer to Shannon''s door,


    "Daddy, how could you ask her? Why are you doing this to me, over and over?" She cried as Morgan paced.


    "Just stop Shannon." He screamed, and I heard her whimper. His voice softened, and he walked closer to her. "I already told you." His voice was barely above a whisper. "We have to y nice. We have to cater to Amy."


    "But why?" She whined, and I heard her hit his chest.


    "Shannon!" He screamed. "Just stop. Honestly. Just fucking stop. You will not mate with Brandon." The frustration filled his voice again. "I am tired of this," Shannon howled, and his voice dropped to another whisper. "She owns this house, Shan. And Vince needs her close."


    "Why?" she cried, but I knew this was now more of a show than anything else.


    "Because he''s the alpha." His voice boomed, but then he followed up with a whisper. "He dad left her money...a lot of money. And he wants to see how much. To see if it is worth agreeing to a mating with her. But don''t worry, he already said that even if Brandon mates her, you will still be first. Even if it is behind the scenes."


    I heard Shannon sniffle. "But I don''t want to be his secret anymore. When I was his girlfriend, I had status. Now that we are hiding our rtionship, no one listens to me." She sat down on her bed. I heard the bed squeak.


    "I know, but we need her resources." Morgan settled next to her on the bed, and I leaned against the wall. "Gavin left her a ridiculous amount of money, and Vince needs ess to it."


    "Why can''t he get into it another way?"


    There was a sigh. "If there was another way, he would take it, but Amy doesn''t like Vince, and she is an alpha. He can''tmand her, or seize her assets. Believe me, he''s tried."


    That son of a bitch. Nix growled.


    We knew he would do this bullshit. Our assets are safe. I sent her calming thoughts.


    "Why can''t we just kill her?" Shannon whined, but she was muffled, like her face was in her hands.


    Morgan snorted. "We thought of that too."


    Shannon shifted. "If she''s dead, everything goes to Ainsley, right?"


    "Yeah, and if it wasst year when she was in love with me, I would have already agreed. But she has pulled away since the night of Amy''s run." He growled softly. "She hasn''t forgiven me."


    "Seriously?" Shannon sounded surprised. "But you are sleeping together again."


    His chuckle was dark. “Because I threatened her." My fist clenched. "Or I should say I had Vince threaten her, and I came to her rescue."


    Shannon chuckled. "She is still believing your act?"


    He chuckled softly. "Vince ys the viin so well. How could she not?" He sighed. "But just because she is back in my room, doesn''t mean she is allowing me in." He groaned. "She doesn''t even allow me close. There is this stupid pillow wall between us."


    "The kudzu?" Shannon stood and walked towards the door. I needed to leave, but I wanted to hear this.


    "Failed, the first time Lynn got in the way. So I made sure Vince and Derek dealt with her." My fists clenched. He


    was a part of the reason.


    He won''t be spared when we burn this ce to the ground. Megan snarled as snapped her teeth.


    Nix trailed out of the trees. No, he won''t.


    I nodded once, but refocused on the people in the room. "The second time, she dumped it out. Like she doesn''t trust anything I give her." I wanted to snort. It''s because she doesn''t.


    "Do you have any more?" Shannon''s questioni had me freezing.


    "Yes. Just one more dose. I need to figure out a way to get it into something that Amy hands her. That way, she won''t second guess it. But..." He trailed off.


    “But what?” Shannon walked away from the door and I crept closer again.


    "I need you prepared." Morgan started.


    "Prepared for what?"


    "Brandon took the rest. He is nning on using it on Amy


    "What!" Shannon shrieked.


    Morgan must have grabbed her, because I heard a grunt. “Listen to me." He fought against her. "Vince made some bad investments. They need to get Amy''s money."


    "He''s mine, daddy, you all promised." Shannon started to cry.


    "I know. And Brandon still cares about you. I told you he was going to push you away, so Amy thinks he is done with you. We needed the space for her to warm up and get close to him." He sighed. "I promise he misses you and that once she is pregnant, he wille back to uyou."


    "Why does she have to be pregnant?" I heard a few sniffles. "Why can''t they just mate and then have him kill her?"