Chapter 123

Arriving at the hotel didn't bring him any relief. Something bothered Thaddeus, and it wasn't the comatose vampire in his trunk or the naked werewolf in his backseat or even the impending sunrise. It centered around the conversation he'd had with his passengers and their allusion they were both thralls to Roderick.

And yet only the girl succumbed to my persuasion. Why?

The male, Marc, was a beta. No doubt about it. Yes, he did bear some strength of spirit and mind, especially when it came to the girl, but when it all boiled down, he wasn't the commanding type. So, if he'd been one of Roderick's minions, how did he manage to fight Thaddeus's compulsion? What made him special? And could Thaddeus use it to foil Morpheus's plot to use the wolves to start a war?