Mag-log inJessica stiffened, the smile faltering from her face.“What? What do you mean he was just here? I’ve been here the entire time.”Connor continued smiling, but when he realized she was actually serious, his smile turned awkward and he paused to glance around.It was faint, but it was there.And though he couldn’t smell Dean on any of the chairs, his scent was all over the place.“My cousin doesn’t care about making an entrance, so he came up ahead of us. It’s impossible that you hadn’t met him.” He affirmed, tilting his head slightly. Jessica fiddle with her thumbs for a bit before she smiled, “Still, the girls and I have been here all morning and no one reported seeing him. Could it be you’re wrong?” Connor thought for a moment and chuckled when it finally dawned on him what was going on. “He must’ve heard you’d be here and came to see what was going on,” he laughed.He had heard the alpha’s plan from some drunkards at a pub, and it suddenly made sense why Dean had been in such a h
“So foul-mouthed and mean… how do you even live with these people?” Dean huffed softly, batting his eyes at her owlishly. Carrie’s eyes widened in disbelief. Feeling a tingle, she lowered her eyes to see his fingers gently stroking her knuckles.“There he is!”Slightly distracted by his behavior, she momentarily forgot what was happening and only whipped her head toward the direction of the voice.Brothels were allowed to hire muscle to protect their business. Usually, no one with great influence or physical strength was a nobody.So when one of the hired muscles stepped in and saw Dean, he frowned.But he had no time to think to himself as several of the girls began to complain all at once. “How could you let someone like that get through?”“My father is in the elder council, and he said this is one of the heavily protected brothels our pack has. What do you have to say about his endorsement?”“You can’t even handle such a small fry. What’s to say we’re safe coming here every day
“What are you doing? This is the women’s restroom!” Without thinking twice, Carrie turned and grabbed him by the arm.Her fingers had barely grazed his skin when he swallowed, his hazel eyes darkening as a slow heat spread across his chest.Unaware of what was happening, a frown settled on her face when he didn’t budge and she glared up at him in annoyance.“Whoever you are, you can’t just be in here simply because you’re the son of an alpha!”Sucking in a deep breath, Dean took in the sweet scent emanating from her, his Adam’s apple bobbing slowly as he inhaled it.For the past two weeks, all he could think about was seeing her face, and the thought of meeting her again had pushed him to work twice as hard.Thankfully, he caught her scent as soon as he stepped into the pack and tracked her here.It had only been two weeks but she already looked different…“Have you suddenly lost the ability to speak?” He snapped out of his reverie upon hearing her angry voice and lowered his eyes to
In the next room, with his ears and that of the house hold servants pressed against the wall, Kurt’s bright smile instantly fell off hearing her odd demand. This strange girl, what did she think she was doing being so rude to the future Alpha of Rune Pack? Resisting the urge to go out to the living room, he pressed his ears tighter against the wall when Dean began speaking again. “What? Is being gone for a month that torturous? If it’s too much, I’ll try to finish everything in three weeks and get back to you as soon as I…” He was still talking when she suddenly stepped forward and gripped him by the arm. Then without a word, began dragging him out of the house. She just realized why the house was so quiet. Knowing the kind of father she had, the house hold servants were obviously nowhere to be found because he told them so. That pesky, shameless man. “Is three weeks still too much? I’d try to return in two weeks then. I’ll work twice as hard to get rid of the…” thinking she
He didn’t say a word and merely followed her around with his eyes until she left the room, then he lowered his gaze to his chest, placing his palm against it to feel the throbbing heart inside it. Weird. He could feel the bond between them but she… wasn’t feeling it too? His eyes diverted to the door the next second when it was suddenly kicked open, and his brows furrowed at the sight of his cousin, Connor. “Y-you’re here. Alone. Good. That’s good.” As he nodded in relief, he walked around the room, looking into corners obviously thinking he’d find someone. He paced around for a while before Dean’s brows perked up inquisitively, “Did something happen?” Connor finally stopped pacing and hummed. “There’s this Elder. Kurt Pietro. You may not know him, but he has this fat daughter. She’s so big and normally I don’t care about people like that, but then I heard he plans to set you up and make you marry his daughter?” “Can you imagine that? A pig like that thinking she deserves some
Not letting this happen a second time didn’t make any difference since the deed was already done and she already died anyway, but it felt good to say she didn’t want to… Smack! “Ow!” She yelped painfully when her father suddenly strutted forward to strike her gently on the face. As she winced from the slap, her brows furrowed in confusion, wondering why it was so painful when this was just one of her memories. Close to her, the man grabbed the duvet and covered her, then leaned forward to laugh nervously. “What? Is it really my daughter?” Seeing the high ranking wolves exchange questioning glances, he leaned toward her and probed impatiently.“What are you doing? Have you forgotten what you’re supposed to say?” Being shaken by him, her frown deepened. “This is not a dream?” “Of course, it’s not a dream. What happened to marrying Dean Meadows? You yourself said he’s the most good-looking guy you’ve ever seen. Don’t you want him anymore, baby?” Carrie blinked, reaching up to t







