if his father was still up but safe for the occasional low calls of the pa

fect rhythm as he walked. A rhythm filled wi

, but the happenings of the night-his wolfless mate-kept tu

to the big house that was the pack house. Their heads b

s Luca strode past

his time to select them from the most powerful and no

it, his head bowed. It was necessary to clean up to

ters that his beta, Karl, had an even sharper nose. His was frighteningly sharp,

eathed out heavily, his mind re

heart thumped like a tomtom in a festival, hard and fast against his chest as hi

he couldn't get them off his head as th

lf with the white cotton towel that hung just beside the shower. "

ow growl as he rubbed the towel vigorously ag

ng himself, he saw her again-the bleeding leg

he sighed again, his eyes resting upon the gold c

quipped sarcasticall

a hand over his hair, ignoring

all. Why would the Alpha's friggin son be mat

. His claws ripped through the fo

from the sheets, willing himself to calm down. This breathing exercise his mother, C

ropping back onto the bed. His eyes stared i

in his already tired mind. It didn't take too long before the stillness o

**

to not cause a stir but loud enough to jolt him out of dreamland.

e side of the window,

lipped to the fl

m as he waited like the predator he was, calmly a

creaked o

ame through it

came through

l with a force so strong the wall shook. He roared ferociously into t

Cora's picture in it-fell down flat and the gla

aced with pain, taken entirely aback by the force

his face. He released his g

o the floor. "What was that force, Luca?" he sputtered, blood

a smirk plastered across his face. "That'

rt off a career... in burglary?" Elisha stuttered painfully, struggling t

mouth with the back of his hand. He was luc

e just used th

d his right

f. I can't imagine the th

away. He groaned as he shuffled to his

ounced, spreading his

goo

experience," Elisha grunted, his hand rubbing t

ts from the floor and t

e the front door, Elisha. They'd l

rtly, pulling his jacket in place. "Wh

ad always had his back and stood up for him against

e Luca then; instead, it seemed to increase in no

kid with anger

those who touched the things he loved. Unfortunately for those bull

und conquest now was the zeal to build his stealth, and what better way to do

n on his escapade for the night. He skipped the part where h

t least ge

sing the fu

his arms over his head and dropping them in exasperation. "You f

Luca shrugged, his hand

u need to start doing shit for yourself

best when you're happy yourself! You give up way too much of yourself. Your father's beta, Karl,

oom like icy air in winter, it

ght, his right hand care

ubt t

o protect his father, the Alpha. His loyalty to his Alph

hinker," Luca prodded, intention

ndma," Elisha snarled, the

om the picture frame as he walke

king front d

e was

rough the window like a wraith landin

dark, Luca's eyes followed him

ke nothing he had seen before. Elisha was def