As Gina stepped forward, her dull blue eyes wide as saucers, she exclaimed, "What the f**k is she saying?"

"The truth." I crossed my arms.

Mason started laughing,  a deep, condescending chuckle, shaking his head.

"Some things never change, do they?"

Beta Cillian, who never usually intervened when an Alpha spoke, asked, "What things?"

His question caught me by surprise. I could hear the deep-seated dislike for Mason in his voice. Maybe it went unnoticed by ...