ust for a second, before saying, "Fine, let her hit you back. Don't be

phelia didn't hold back-her hand cracked across

asked her, his tone light, like he

me. All his attention was on soothing the she-wolf in

t talk of a rogue wolf turning over a new leaf? Nothing bu

dnight. The pack says Alpha Ulric's

aching chest, trying t

Alpha Ulric was all over her, hauling her stuff, tending to her

the smell of those dishes. They make her s

Ophelia, who was already tearing up, and he snapped a

aited, until the dead of night when footsteps finally echoed outside. Alpha U

like he was a whole different wolf from the one in the daylight. My tears

, Luna Julia. All this? It's just to

as over. He even said he had a plan to help me escape the drama if it was too much. His words felt h

, Ophelia's sick-says the pup in her be

misheard. But Alpha Ulric was already b

ce shaking. "Alpha Ulric,

h. I was too scar

just one time. When the pup's born, I'll let you rai

nd my strength drained away. As he turned and le

d had was gone, sc

n and scrawled th

d to the maid. "Not ma

ng, I had nothi