Chapter 51: “What I Had First Will Be Mine”

Adrian’s POV

“You don’t need to answer that,” I told Alaina before turning away, letting my footsteps carry me out of the room before I could say something I would regret.

I had already cleared my schedule with the Huntington Pack, canceling all other invitations that had been flooding in from neighboring territories. Maybe I would visit them in the future, but not now. Not if Alaina would not be there.

It was insane, the way I measured every decision around her presence, but I could not deny it any longer.

Now, I sat alone in my quarters, the scent of old paper and ink grounding me as I reviewed the reports stacked on my desk. My scouts had reported unusual activity near the edge of the woods. Tracks where there should be none, scents that did not belong to our pack or any known allies.

A low growl rumbled in my throat as I tried to make sense of it, irritation gnawing at me. The last thing I needed was trouble brewing on our border