your reputation amongst the pack?" My father, ever

t tearfully, getti

he reaches for the breakfast tray and places it on my lap. Se

really not hun

?" His rare plea catches me off guard

od. It's eerily comforting, sitting here with him after so lo

sudden urge to see my brothers taking

e is Claire. Her initiation ceremony into the pack is happen

t's only been a few days!" "Kurt wants her in the pack immediately. The boys have been issued orders to help with the function

! I told you

me to-- to draw a line under things! He's just tossed me aside like I meant nothing!" Dad nods, rubbing his face tiredly. Line

uys was a mere fling. You knew from the start that his loyalties would lie

ying to prove to his mate that he was loyal from

oulder tersely, ba

ink my allegiances to him are

I'd rather throw myself of

'd never let you go there.

intermittently, feeling like a fool

e night of the Gala? When you w

r feeling uneasy and my wolf was yipping

ith-- someone else." I pace myself,

Pelosi. The Alpha of the

e. Conflicting with the sense of rejection, it's too much. How

s-- the Alph

to his feet abruptly. "What--" I hu

u saw him from the truck. Your eyes were glowing...and so were

re, arms crossed over his chest as

ible!" I insist, a

n't. And you'

ted to his house. He wants

nd greasy hair, shaking my head furiously.

ook presentable. This is your chance,

" I insist, ye

e going. It's either this, or the initiation." With nothing left to sa

comb my tousled locks vigorously. "I know Dante. He's a pretty cool guy; o

Whatever feelings I had for that loser have been quashed.

Ryan adds, poking his head out of my clo

ing the exasperated looks I'm getting. "Don't look at me li

a problem when Kur

e've found our mate but I beg to differ. Mates don't exist, despite what ev

esentable. Dante is one of the main Alphas and you're the daughter of a Beta. But forget all t

preoccupied. If he were my mate, I'd have felt it. I would have noticed his presence."

with Dante when he first saw you. Remember, you were in the truck so maybe he didn't see enough of

ds, lounging on my bed. "I saw you freeze

itely some weird chemistry between Dante and I, that's for su

shing..." Reese si

p to distract me. "Don't overthink. Go with the flow. Get ready and just

get ready. You have an hour." Reese launches a scrunchie at my fa

the coral dress one last time a

ugly; frizzy hair, no make up and stained clothes, to put this Dante guy off. Now come to think of it, the

mutter to myself, the shame of Ku

t of the driveway. Embarrassingly, I'm sat in the passenger seat with the twins in the back, poking fun at me. I'v

has must inform each other before entering another's territory. If Kurt realises Dante is here to see y

It's none of his business." I

the day off our duties. Kurt doesn't care because he's too busy with the init