Carrie, Francesca and Penelope emerged from the elevator to find the boys already waiting for them in their finest suits - although Ryan had surprised everyone by donning a custom tuxedo, though they probably shouldn’t have been. Ryan didn’t let on, but his family was relatively wealthy and well known. His father, at least, was a pretty big deal; a lawyer and political liaison who negotiated alliances and trade deals between werewolf packs and vampire clans. Ryan had been attending formal events and rubbing elbows with the rich and powerful since before he could tie his own shoes.
Though, in reality his father was most famous for mating a vampire. Ryan’s mother was killed during a bombing on one of the embassies they had been staying at during tense negotiations in Transylvania; he was on
