exhausted, though. I'll run to the groc

eart, it's okay

u just got home! Don'

certainly wasn't oblivious to the lustful stares she got from men anytime they went out in public. But all he ever had to do was give them icy glares a

. No one understood how one girl could be so alluring. Michael often times overheard men's crude comments about her when he wasn't recognized. Unmated males would say things like, "whoever gets

shift for the first time. In the werewolf world, 20 was when a wolf became a legal adult because

s credit card. The grocery store was right down the ro

hone charged?"

"Y

se?" Michael asked seriously, gesturing to Lil

With her hand on the knob, she stopped and turned back toward him. "Whe

y reluctant face. No restaurant, hotel, resort, or person could

safe," Mich

iled at his response a

ly an hour later, Michael

someone bother you?" He asked,

I got everything," Lily said, setting some plastic bags

role that she had just baked. With her favorite purple oven mitts protecting her hands, Lily lov

is plate. Once Lily sat down, they both started eating. Lily was only on her first bite when Mic

with a mouth full of casserole. "What

," Lily replied. Michael smiled at his daughter before cut

he caller ID. It was the alpha. "Excuse me, sweetheart, I have to take this," he said to Lily who nodded in respo

had just set, and she could see lots of orange with purple clouds dotting the sky. Like with all nature, Lily wa

ked, picking up on the diff

happened. But one look at his drained expression and she decided not to. Besides, she trusted him wholeheartedly and she knew that if it were something she needed to

nished her casserole. Soon aft

and the stress lines on his face were more apparent than usual. He also looked even more tired than he did t

" she pleaded softly. He sighed and stared off into the d