a Pier

ee-hundred-dollar bottle of human re

e was bathed in warm afternoon sunlight, completely silent and entirely mine. But as I looked a

ssive shadow. In my desperate attempts to please Chase, I hadn't just abandone

hone and dialed

, and absolutely despised Chase. I had flaked on her countless times just to stay hom

hree times befo

a authority. "Did your precious Alpha husband finally give you a day pass, Arianna? Because I'm telling you right now, I am done be

ute truth. I didn't offer a single excuse. I

le," I said calmly. "The mate bond

e fell over

eaker-not of anger, but of profound, predatory approval from

her tone doing a complete one-eighty. "I'm buyin

n and werewolf territories, the high-end establishment was bustling with a mix of wealthy humans and Pack elites. I kept my ga

trance chimed, and the temperatur

ne and storm rolled through the cafe do

as

ry Nixon, and a distinguished older man I instantly recognized from my past life in aca

into the background. I had just severed the bond; the absolute l

ision locked onto me the

His Black Dire Wolf was undoubtedly still agitated from the permanent los

on his nightstand this morning, he genuinely, delusionally believed I had tracked his Alpha

ive stranger-before coldly withdrawing his gaze and striding toward the VIP corridor. Gamma Kory ca

past the main dining area, but

spike in the Alpha and Gamma's auras. Alan paused, following their lingering line of si

icker of intense curiosi

e tense air, stopping Chase in his tracks. "Is t