ndered the halls of the gigantic house. My mind cannot help but continue to drift to their conversation, though. What are they

e dog from earlier, Bruiser. A smile spreads across my face from ear to ear, and I hurry to the chubby pup. He seems to be comfor

e calls for me, and

owly make my way towards the beginn

k up my pace until he is right in front of me. "Your grandmother has le

say goodbye." I peer up at Ryker with

ha will

to play the game. When we arrive, Ryker pushes one of the doors open an

and he glances up at me for a

tomorrow so you ca

seats in front of the desk. I sit silently for about t

ian does not look up at me but keep

do the

I tell

is just so handsome. Since we are bound to be together in a romantic way, I want to be the best person I can be for him—

ork?" I questio

d lastly the third in command is Ryker. We take care of the pack, as we are the leadership, but all answers to me. When the Alpha finds his mate, she becomes the Luna, the Alphas equal." A light b

o not ask any questions as he leads me out of the room. His touch spreads a soothing sensation over

he stairs, I become too cu

be

windows, it is dark outside and the moon is high in the sky. "W

wn to my ea

my own bed. How do you sleep with someone else? And I do not mean sexually. Admittedly, it is not as simple as just layi

y anything else and continues to walk to his room. As we near a famil

e expecti

n in my chest would like to believe. My lungs clench inside of me as if the air pushing up against my body is just not enough to quench their thirst. Sebastian walks in front, guiding me towards the nest of fear, anxiety,

would be dead like the rogue they first labeled me as. My body is physically exhausted, beaten up by the constant rush of this never-ending day. I ne

omething so precious as the Mate bond hypnotize me and filter all the negative parts of my mate out of mind, as if I have never heard of them in the first place? I wish there we

I collected myself. Everything is in the exact place as earlier except for the new stack

no

ngs greedily take it in. "I... I don't

shoulders, though before he disappears down the hallway, he looks back at me from

ed and take the extra bandaging from the top of the p

he used wrappings in the garbage and replacing them with fresh ones, I change out of the borrowed clothes into a new pair. When I get b

a separate roo

he is a

o not fee

d climb into th

him. Obviously, I can physically walk over to him, but that is not the issue. I cannot simply barge in while he is sleeping and expect him to solve my problem. There is always the solution of

ing the warm, intimate sensation of his breaths fanning the back of my neck, making me want to scream. The animal inside

bout these things

outright selfish and egotistical of me. Yet, this part of m

become frustrated. I just want to sleep, an

ntroduction, and I want to utilize this time to do so. He seems like an exciting person, easygoing and enjoyable to be around—his lovely brown eyes give me hin

ome he is Alpha and you aren't?" I ask, curious

s, engulfing us. The sounds that I have grown accustomed to, and mis

, so he got

ant it—to

ian was going to be Alpha seemed unfair, but now I'v

's t

, needing an extra second to piece together an answer.

y down from the branch they once so desperately clasped to. I watch my feet as they hover

se to our borders," he starts

pack so close by, and I'm sure my grandmother

's t

she didn't want to follow the rules, I haven't asked her about anything specific," I explain. "F

You've never had any

t then again, I just le

own rules. You know," he grabs my attention as it starts to stray from the

your pack sure makes it sound like it—I

. Sebastian told me about what you did, a

nd what he is saying. The two men that I pret

mean? How d

bastian would have told you, but now that I think of it, if I were him, I wou

cited after finding out the men are killers, then again, I have met a few of those already. One makes me continua

him. "The girl from my

retful. "I don't know. I went in ther

's just

n, but if she died someone would have removed her body. There are other

ward. As much as I want to believe the girl was released

nd nudges me lightly. "Is that