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I hated that my beast was the issue. Not my beast really but the kind of animal that lived inside me. It was such a stupid freaking rule, too. There were so few of us that we should what? Make it impossible for us to be happy? I had wanted to just ignore it—thought I could, but officially becoming a den member was something that could get us all in trouble.

More than trouble—it would be seen as a deception to my kind. I left off that part and really shouldn’t have. But I froze, unsure how else to handle things. And that was why I was sneaking off back to the Alpha house while my mates were doing their Beta thing instead of working myself.

I climbed up the steps, the door swinging open as I reached it. At first, I thought they saw me coming and were greeting me, but when their cub came running out and crashing into me, I saw it for what it was—interesting timing and nothing more.

“Sorry,” I apologized. “I didn’t realize you were coming out.”

“You’re a cat.” He looked up at me. “Does th