LD WATE

sky was still

e me in the bed

liar. Usually, by this time, Bird would have already

nor was unner

owel was brought to me. No perfectly iron

ner wolf paced restlessly, enraged by

d myself, annoyance

on the table. But it was wrong. Mrs. Gable, the head

orning,

ard. The cheese was the wrong brand. The coffee wa

ng the plate forward. It scraped

ur breakfast, Alpha. Prepared accordi

ed, my voice laced with my Alpha command. I d

una... she didn't leave any recipes

the woman took every tr

ried away. My stomach was empty, but it felt l

skipped dinner last

if with a mind of its own, opened my message thread with Bird. The last message

t called, like she always did

blurry image of a daisy-for a few

st as my patience was about

to not ans

again, my

sconnected after a single

hrough me. That woman. H

nk this would forc

e. She'd show up at the office building. She always did, tryin

e door. I would see just how

STANL

watched my phone vibrate on the table. The

essed the red icon to decline the c

, raising a perfect

smile played on my lips. "Now, where were we? You were telling

h the window, bathing me

I was bein