EN'S

at the p

eting with Sophia and the radio silen

o try

that today wou

pt pacing inside me as if sensing somethi

to the foyer, I felt it. For so

d out,

echoed ba

, thinking she was the one, but it was only the butler, Cherr

a. Not ev

my eyes. "W

ice. "Alpha. Luna Sophia hasn't retur

What did she mean

loser, my t

e should have been here. I told her to wai

tly. "She never came

spond. I simply turned and stormed

s irr

did she go? Why

mmed the door, and spe

road, my phone ra

in smoothly thr

I just finished rehearsa

sy," I

s I scanned every turn like Soph

, I can't go to Ashley's school. They're having some Family Fun Day. Could you tel

tically, not even thinking. I only wanted Tiffany to

always took ca

ved. "Ashley will listen to he

before she

re frustrated as her number rang once. twi

g to reach is unavailable

creen, confused,

mes

," I muttered under my breath,

xted

e are you? C

ge fa

again.

squeezed my chest

hell is

paced in

e us," he said, "Sh

he steering wheel as I

I didn't know where my own wife was. or

me far more than

IA'S

late shift at the

unce of my strength. They might be pups

my legs ached, and my wolf lay curled quietly in

ssed my bag onto the floor

but I didn't bother checking it. I was too tir

g, I woke

d something suddenly – toda

ome for months. I wanted to cook for him, laugh

breath. My wolf hummed too. She fel

o my childhood to

into my parents' home

saw me, pulling me into her arms. "My girl

tchen doorway. He grinned. "

ourse I did. It'

e. It was Camila, my niece. Her wolf aura was so small and a

she squealed "Do

ide me. I bent down and hugged her tig

today," I said so

studying me. "You look t

he feelings inside m

whispered. "I'

didn't demand anything of me, love that didn't force me

me. She purred softly in

ther beside me, listened to Camila's excited

made me realize just how

time, I wasn't

simply

at was