y
Pilsen, and the first thing I s
blinds of the sixth-floor walk-
the way over, the one-page contract I had made him sign, the creak of the wooden stairs,
Luna," he had murmured agai
up, heart hammering
ter, on this narrow mattress, when he had realized
came out rough, almost stunne
with both hands, my face burning in
exact spot where an Alpha's mark was supposed to be-and instead of biting down, he
e elbow, wincing, and re
e of paper. Two words were scrawled a
ht. A
he paper, my
d, why on earth wa
e my dress had landed. Sasha Marc
p on the thir
you know what Zoe just posted on her story? Your Himalayan Birkin! Th
and pinched the b
the boxes after all. Someone had
eaching for my clothes. "An
ne wen
e front door of my Gold Coast apartment when
ha panting in the hallway, he
ator," I said. "Wh
ys were blocking the lobby!" She grabbed my shou
court decree from
left him? You've been throwing yourself under a bus for G
ed," I
Half the packs in Illinois have been laughing at you for
of water. "He asked me to help his girlfriend
ent went d
r. "Want me to call my uncle?
ut of my throat in weeks. "I'm fine, Sasha. Rea
to hug me, then f
yanked the collar of m
hand over my collarbon
leaned in, sniffed the side of
u smell lik
d, pulling my collar tight. "The eld
ed marks disappearing into my shirt. Not one of them was
said, holding up my phone. "I sent th
g, my phone was vibrating
in Chicago. Within twenty minutes, the
an's face-only the wide, muscled expanse of his bare back, and my pale arm wrapp
bold capitals: CALLOWAY LUN
comments were scrolling fas
ot even a r
ou expect?
one finally fo
n and turned on the
f the Calloway Group tower. Grant wasn't even there. His Beta stood beh
earlier this month. The Calloway Pack has no knowledge o
the microphones. The feed c
in the empty living room
ossip feeds with another she-wolf, I had stood next t
uined for me. Ex
d back to the blown-u
, parallel scratches raked down the har
I hadn't even realized how har
the glass table.
Nice work. It al
uth, where it was still bruis
l. Every s
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