Chapter 15

One week into her stay Ava sat in the garden playing cards with Jane. Jane was on the swing staring up at the sun. The girl was taking the death of her family really well. The rest of the men were inside having a meeting. Four cars had arrived that morning, and Ava knew they were all Alphas from different packs. Jane placed her palm on top of the deck as the two cards matched.

“What’s going on with you, Ava?” Jane asked.

“Nothing. I’m just wondering what the meetings all about,” she said, pressing a card on top of the others. Glancing toward Jane, she couldn’t help but be worried about the young girl.

“She’s doing fine, you know.”

“How do you know? Her family was killed before her eyes. She should be feeling something.”

“The men have been talking, and Jane was considered a mutt amongst the pack.”

Ava frowned, looking back at Jane. Whenever she’d been at the house, Jane was treated like a princess even though she recalled the young girl not smelling like the rest of the pack. In fact,