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“We’re even. Just get my daughter back from Corbin, okay?” Leo sighs heavily, clearly content to die. I shake my head. It is no longer that simple. Besides, I want to hear what he has to say about Bree and Talon.

Ignoring what he said, I ask, “What were you just telling Raidon?”

“How Talon got mixed up in this mess with Corbin,” Raidon answers, making me look at him. I turn my attention back to Leo.

Leo groans before letting out a breath. “When Talon fell into some financial trouble, Bree introduced him to Corbin,” Leo answers.

“But how does Corbin know Bree?” Raidon asks. “Did she meet him at Tal’s?”

Leo shakes his head. “No, but damn did it cause some problems when her father caught her there a few months back. We were invited to this gig, a glory hole event. Bree said some Omega girl was going to be there. Anyway, I guess the Omega backed out. If it weren’t for Bree’s birthmark, her father wouldn’t have recognized her. And that caused some conflict, let me tell you,” Leo chuckles.

“What’s that got to do with anything? You said Corbin didn’t meet her at Talon’s,” I ask, confused at the contradictions he’s making.

“No, Corbin knows Bree from the Omega Sanctuary,” Leo says, and I look at Raidon, now more confused than ever.

“Bree is Beta,” I tell him.

“What? No, she isn’t. Bree is Omega. She just never bloomed. One of those oddities of nature, I suppose.”

I lean forward in my chair, trying to take in what Leo is saying. None of it makes sense. Bree claims she is Beta. Not that Betas have an overly strong scent, and she constantly douses herself in pheromones for work. But still, surely Talon would know if his girlfriend is Omega or not?

“Wait …” Raidon looks at me confused, like he doesn’t know what he is about to ask or needs confirmation that he heard correctly. I can offer him no help. I am just as confused.

“And let me tell you, the look of horror on her face when she realized her father attended the glory hole gig was priceless! He looked like he was going to kill her,” Leo chuckles.

“Who’s her father?” I ask.

“This is why there’s conflict between Curtis and Corbin now. We didn’t know Bree was his daughter, not until he saw the birthmark on her hip and started freaking out.”

“Whose daughter?” Raidon asks before I get a chance.

“Curtis’s. Who else? Corbin doesn’t have any kids. Girl needs therapy. I know Corbin isn’t her real uncle, but damn that shit is still gross. And that’s how we all found out about Curtis’s dirty little secret.”

“Wait, Bree is Curtis Black’s daughter?” I ask, wondering if I heard that right.

“Yes. I just said that didn’t I? Are you listening to anything I’m saying? But don’t worry, no one fucked her, thank the goddess.” Leo shudders. I shudder, too, at the mere thought.

“But you bet your ass Curtis beat her from one end of the club to the other when he found her lying on that table. Poor girl. She didn’t know she was offering herself up to her father and uncle. We didn’t even know she was his!”

Raidon clutches his hair, and I sit back in my chair, absolutely blown away by the information Leo gives us. “I can’t believe this,” Raidon mutters.

“So Curtis never told Corbin he fathered a daughter?”

“Nope. We did ask why but never got an answer.”

Chapter Eighteen

Thane

"Untie him!" I order Raidon.

Leo's head turns to look at me as I rise from my seat. Confusion crosses his features as Raidon sets about freeing him. I reach for my jacket hanging over the back of the couch.

"What's going on?" Raidon asks, glancing at me over his shoulder while undoing Leo's legs.

"We’re going to see Bree. Then Leo is going to help me break into the sanctuary," I announce, my eyes carefully following Raidon’s movements.

As long as Leo was tied and restrained, I didn’t have to worry about him. But now that he’ll be free, there’s no telling what kind of tricks he might try to pull in order to escape.