Page 106 of Wolf Roulette

You only have one grid and too many unemployed workers,Booker said.

Clever cookie.

Cookies can’t be clever.

Wolves apparently don’t speak English either,I countered.

She ignored me.The pack have four grids though.

Are you going somewhere with this…?

My wolf growled.They usually only have three. More often, they only manage Clay and Water. A human that was less stupid than the others once told you the pack don’t hire outsiders. So how are they coping with so much extra work?

My mouth dried.

Using our mouth, she smirked.Have a rare steak later, would you?

Six hundred and fifty stewards were twiddling their thumbs, but the pack had to be working around the clock to ensure the smooth operation of fourgrids using the same number of staff they’d used intwo.

They could probably use six hundred and fifty workers who knew werewolves existed and wouldn’t cramp their Luther style.

I scrambled to grab my phone, then stopped.

Mothershitter.Stewards would take this idea about as well as discovering I had fangs.

But it was the perfect solution.

I groaned and pulled at my hair. “People shit me.”

I hear you, sister.

Another Wade-ism?Lifting the handset, I dialled seven.

“Head Steward,” Pascal answered.

“I’m calling an urgent head team meeting. There are a few things we need to discuss.”

* * *

We hadn’t held a video conference with the pack for a while, but Tuesday afternoons weren’t the best time to meet face to face when strategies were being finalised, manoeuvres practiced, and equipment checked.

“Thank you for meeting at short notice,” I said to the wolves on the screen.

Sascha stood in the middle of his lead wolves. Why did they always stand? On a side note, if Sascha ever decided to strip on camera for a day job, I’d subscribe.

He consulted the document before him. “We were very interested to receive your requests.”

“That’s an interesting way to paraphrase a contractual obligation to hear the other team if they wish to open negotiations.”

Sascha lips curved. “We’ll start with point one.”

I gestured for him to proceed.

Total pissing contest.

This is like foreplay,I thought at him.

He didn’t show any reaction on the screen.

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