pset from seeing Lucien with a young woman, E

she cal

his name. He said something to his posse and they walked on.

you," s

mm

ly woman in the alley. He had that way

Her heart hurt to see him. She didn't know what to say t

fled his feet.

but where she was now was

sound so

life was crap, but that wasn't Dex's concern.

o see y

g on with yo

ng since she hadn't been th

I'm part of a newly-formed pack. We're

I hadn'

en's marriage had been strategic. After her parents had convinced her shew as better off without Dex, she had entered a marriage without love.

woods inside t

ic

to run in

he Alpha o

aith that no matter what Dex decided, he

took it because

ed briefly if Lucien would come back this way. She probably shouldn't be seen wit

hair curled at his collar She remembered run

ittle for legitimac

a startled her. "A

her book club. "I'll

*

'd been arguing about who would be in charge and he'd stepped in. He'd known what had to be don

Alphas in the pack surrounding his territory,

. She would always be the most beautiful woman in

keep you," he sai

en was treating her well, but then again, he'd heard about Lucien's wan

bs?" he

ped a little.

e it'll

what else you

ted in what he wanted to talk about. Right now, he wanted to hold her. Sha

I wandered after you left. I took odd jobs in di

your

es, it is. I love

her. He wanted to touch her. See if her ski

m. Her leaving had torn him up for months. Then he went on the road, bu

allen in with a group of orphans. No, he was their Alpha.

him had believed in him enough

you've been up

sound came out. "You kno

ed around. As if she didn't want to a

k st

d her parents made her do? He hoped it was her parents' choice and not her own.HeI had always wished that Emma could have stoo

r let you get back to

Even if it was just about the weather.

gh erupted fro

Alpha, but his behavior would

o get back to you

lling to come out. He should have claimed her, but maybe part of him believed her parents. Not an

aybe," s

n those walking down the alley. Another Alpha was nearby. Dex wasn't afraid. He'd talked to the Alphas within a one-hundred-

ed, but she

hitting o