Maybe it was the fact that he's a scamming criminal.
Or maybe it was the fact that he was keeping information from the Dogs about what happened to an unconscious woman in his rooms. While witnesses saw him, drunk, with her in a tavern, taking her out.
But as Beka stared right into Dale Rowan's eyes, she knew that this was really for an overdue debt.
When she left him with the Cage Dogs she knew that maybe one day he would learn not to mess with even the shyest women.
And she grinned.