"It will be up to Char," Evan said. "Packs pretty furious about it and Thomas can't afford to lose support. He'll let Char decide." "What do you want to do girl?" Levi asked before he sipped at his glass. My fingers were trailing the rim of mine as I shrugged. "It's not what I want anymore. She knows something, she knows and helped set it up. Right now, she is a source and we need to know what she knows. As much as I want to bash her damn braided brains in, we can't do that we need her to talk. She'll just recover and go back to scheming if I beat the shit out of her, we can't have that again." "What are the options? What is the likely thing that Thomas would go for?" "Well, imprisonment is one," Evan replied. I mused for a bit. We couldn't gain anything from that and all she would have to do is bide her time in a cell before she was out ruining our lives again. I sipped on my whiskey before shooting Ethan a tiny coy smile. He looked at my glass, then at his, that only had a few sips left, and playfully narrowed his eyes. "Not going to share?" "I don't share well, you should know this by now," I replied very matter of factly. He chuckled then kissed my shoulder. "Well, what she did is deplorable," Billy said. "She lied about rogues, put the pack in danger, and got the beta collard. He could have her whipped maybe even banished." "What's the likelihood of that? Of banishment? I asked quickly. "Well little sister, right now with the pack's temperature I would say that it's likely," Evan replied curiously. "What are you thinking sunshine?" "Banish her. We banish her then capture her, that way we can question her and no one will look for her or wonder where she went." Ethan rumbled a little and looked at Levi who looked impressed. "They may wonder where she went and we need a place to hold her," Ethan thought out loud over the link. "There's some old cells, abandoned, real close to Jaxon's borders on your land. Been there for a long ass time, I guess they used to have them back there–who knows. Anyways, we could use those. If Jaxon is as willing to work with you two as he says, then we can get him to cover for us, say that she's there if anyone asks," Lander replied. I felt a smug smile pull at my lips while Ethan's beast stirred in satisfaction. "Set it up. Once we have her then we'll let Char have a go at her." "Not bad girly," Levi added. He took a sip then looked over at Ethan and I. "How's the pack?" "Warmer in favor of us, many are pissed at Thomas over the collar thing–" "And spooked," Evan interjected. "Now that we have confirmation of rogues, people are getting antsy. Although Thomas is apparently leading the 'thorough investigation into it.'" Ethan snarled while Levi blinked his eyes hard as his hand around his glass shook in rage. I pushed my beast back, her anger. Damn lying bastard. My lips met the corner of Ethan's which tasted like the whiskey he was drinking. The bond swirled like the whiskey in his glass, calming him enough that he relaxed into the couch some more. Levi let out a hot breath and looked over at us. "You two need to start working your damn pack. Be visible, start earning the trust of the ones you don't have it from. Charlie girl you need to mix with the females and Ethan you need to get your damn warriors together." "Agreed," Ethan added. "I was going to talk with our captains in the next few days. I think Sam offered to let Charlotte help her with the new pups." Levi nodded. "Good, it's going to be your pack soon, you two need to know it as well as you know yourselves. I know you don't want to, but you need to go into your damn office Ethan and keep doing your job as the beta. It's going to look real bad if you don't and we need to keep things level. "Kiss ass and do what you need to do to keep a hold on things until we can get you what you need. Go to that damn party, smile, and be merry as hell. Let people see you two together, it's a good thing for them." Ethan grumbled then nodded. "Hopefully we won't have to hold on much longer." "Hopefully," Levi echoed. "You need to be ready Ethan. You're a strong wolf, there's no doubt, but Thomas hasn't sat in that seat for so long because he's necessarily weak." "Levi's right," Lander added. "He's smart Ethan. He couldn't have done so much if he was a dumb ass. You need to be ready to challenge him, you both do." "You need to train harder Ethan, you and Char both do. You two need to be a damn cohesive unit," Levi said as he flickered his silver eyes to me. "If you can come to the border, without anyone noticing, then I will help you and so will Lander and David." "I do miss beating Charlie here around," David teased. I growled playfully and shook my head. "Oh, we'll see about that." Levi chuckled a little and rolled his eyes. "You're something else girly," he breathed out. He took a sip of his whiskey then looked over at Ethan. "For now, though, you need to work with someone close. "Billy needs to train with you two every damn day. You should get your grandad to help, he's still a tough ass wolf." "We can do that Levi," Billy added. Levi nodded a little. "When David is there, then work with him too. He'll be there training the warriors anyways, squeezing in an extra ass beating for you two won't be hard." Ethan rumbled a little while David eyed me deviously. I rolled my eyes a little as I sipped my whiskey. "You should bring Penelope if you can." He nodded as his eyes softened a little. "I think she would love that, I'll see if that would work out." Ethan sighed and nodded to Levi. "Alright. I'll let you know if we can come out here, let me get back to work and feel things out first." Levi nodded in agreement. "Good idea boy. Anything else?" We shook our heads as the link hummed quietly. Levi sighed and looked over at Ethan as his eyes swirled dangerously. "You do not challenge him without me there, do you understand?" Ethan nodded. "His throat is your's too uncle." Levi sat back and sipped his whiskey. "He won't have one when we're done with him."