The Alpha Regretted Having An Affair

he pack's social scene-invited me to a pr

t on my own after breaking the bond and leavi

I w

t scent of cedar and ozone-favored by

ng by the marbl

lounge. You didn't have to come down,"

th me, steering me t

he alpha's private suite is on this floor, and tru

held a kno

is part of the club, rese

ge, divided by a floor-to-ceiling silk

r of voices on the other side of th

e a lone she-wolf sat-Lila, the mate o

lickered with unease, though she managed

mere coat and settled

sipped the elderflower gin handed to me, the chatt

until they landed on a topic that

one voice drawled-it was Jax, that burly wolf with a penchant for trouble, who'd onc

ry meeting now, lets her wear that cuff he used to keep locked in his

Vivian's all sharp edges and alpha glares. Vanessa? She bats her eyes and

e years of the same scent? Ev

placeholder until someone younger came along. If Adrian's done, maybe I'll make a move. Seen th

ightened arou

ice-Adrian's so-call

mortified, her eyes darting to the fl

my glass down wi

with deliberate calm, then sauntered toward the wood

of the posts, I cut i

nd, he was still wet behind the ears-freshly crowned alpha. You re

deck fell

he infinity pool see

chairs gaped at me, thei

g glass doors from the

eyes darted from me to the pair behind me-

omed behind me,

rowd's terror a

re h

ng onto Vanessa, the short-haired she-

hile showing off the ankle chain Adrian had gifted her-engraved with

't their first public a

k members had been laughing along with their inside jokes-they were flaunt

ian steppe

, you know how it is," Jax stammered, his voice

nessa are just... allie

at questioning an alpha's choices in public was a on

ach the elders!" another be

my wrist, his finger

leavin

emainder of my citrus m

ng the collar of his linen shirt-where Vaness

silent, even the cricke

eld-no one dared challenge an alpha

as sweet as poison

Adrian. I wouldn't dream of crash

ing at his finger

et.