er heat hit me in the stomach and drag

t so vulnerab

wolf pleaded. Mak

rumbled, running my fingers into my hair

lie and say I wasn't impressed. But it didn't mea

change the rul

rules o

way to my office. Alpha Gerald had texted me

rest of my belongings. The ceremony was st

ucky I hadn't dragged him through the halls and beat his head into the pa

gging up the stairs, I walked into my office and smiled. The desk had been cleare

d a gut feeling Willow would show up. I wasn't sure how to address her dis

ep at

contained the Rogue file. Curiosity got the b

re was very littl

embers on the wolves before and after they shifted. There h

nd the ambush at the time. It'd

, and I put the file in the top

ll. Derrick told me Regis has been bullying Willow for quite some time. I had

m sure there is a buzz

ow giving you a hard time?" he ask

e doesn't want anything to do w

let her,

n't. It's against regulation, and like you, I don't want her to get hurt. She can't see that now. Tell me, has she ever

her than wanting to fight. I doubt she'd tal

aps finding the rogue pack and ending them would

d I searched for years. Until the desire faded. Willow always as

me tracker friends who are coming up this weekend to ch

ces but agreed. "The ceremony is in a cou

d

ith will escort you ov

ions of the men. Their tattoos, and clothing. When my eyes began to cross from

along the slit underneath the door opposite of me. Having

dge off if she'd let me, of course. I took a long, hot shower to reli

e stubborn woman could

place, before I dressed myself in my favorite suit. It wa

d me of Wi

n. Even her determination was alluring. She'd mak

wasn't how we imagined finding our

remony started. I'd met him when I first arrived,

he wore the same big smile as before. "Chase

, shutting the

round the pack. Some she-wolves ar

e obviously didn't know

d to hear I found my

middle of the stai

ow,"

laugh. "I'm sorry," he said, shaking

doesn't want anything to do with m

ght, she was a shivering mess. We'd already moved her mother, but she heard it. And the blood wa

se is st

d his tie. "Yeah. No one

long the cul-de-sac on th

ch one it happened in. The looming reminder was so blata

oward the back of the building. A pinch of nerves slithered down

ongratulations Chase. We'r

ack room, while Alpha

getting old and tired. Now it's time to pass the throne to a new alpha. One I think will l

he stage. The excitement buzzed along my skin,

ems like he runs a tight ship, and I hope I can do the same for you all. I plan to get

is stood in the far back corner, his hand no longer brok

ent with a smile. "L

rald, and he leaned in to whisper, "I co

ries,"

room to shake random wolves' hands. When I made it

he hell