Chapter 12: A kiss

~Ivy POV~

Enzo watches me from the living room couch where Haley is sprawled on his lap giggling at the tv screen. Now and then, she will look up and mutter something to him, and he will look down at her and touch her cheek. Twice now she has thrown glares in my direction. It’s been like this since I ran into the alpha two weeks ago.

Strangely enough, she hasn’t laid a hand on me since then, nor has she been using me as a go-between when sending her sweet little love letters to Enzo. Bella now has the great honor of doing such tasks. I have been able to see James, as he has asked me to call him, only a handful of times since our initial conversation. He is different from what I thought he would be, and I’d be lying to myself if I didn’t confess that I enjoy his company.

James seems to be someone with immeasurable patience and zero tolerance for violence. It is still strange to me that he isn’t seen much during the day in his own pack, but then again, the more I get to know him, the