Prologue 7 - Tempting Fate

My heart raced as I fought for control of my rationality. He couldn't be here – no, in fact he could, but he wasn't HERE here, just somewhere close enough for the wind to fetch us his scent. That was already far too close for comfort. What would I do if he picked up on our own scent? That was highly unlikely without the wind in his favor.

But what if there had been a breeze, a small one, and I had been too engrossed in investigating the human's remains to notice? And what if it had blown from here to the west?

'Stop that' I told myself firmly. 'You are the Alpha. You do not lose your head for fear of some male that y