lie

he phone. Anna was silent for ten

one thing. "Okay.

As my Alpha, she never asked unnecessary

ruck the wood, and his voice carried the unmistakable authori

wall and listened to his

sen

o him, this was nothing more

each me through the mate link. "Hallie, baby, I know you're nervous, but

rried the same condescension he always used

nd, I built a wall of ice and pushed it down withou

this way. It was like closing a d

lt unfamiliar, but clean. The poundi

y not expected

phone vibrated. A

ting in

ying on the floor of the dressing room. Without looking

o find Judd, I called a car and headed s

is carefully controlled tone. "I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have been late, and I shouldn't

n't a

the top of Celestial Tower, the fi

lestial Tower apartment on the market. Immediately

k was surprised, but he quickly returned to his

had shared and looked around. The furniture, the decorations

races of everything h

the Pack's private social platform. A new post appeared at the top

e Don

as the terrace of an upscale city restaurant. But the detail that caug

twenty-fourth birthday. I had personally engraved a tiny wolf tot

caption w

s are wort

o. Exactly when I had been standing in

finally understood what his

to Mark. My follow-up message was brief. "

. I pulled out the largest suitcase we owned. Then I started r

lock on the fro

d saw me standing beside the packed suit

re doing?" His voice dropped, cold and t