"Hey, relax. Everything's fine," Clara says as my brother returns to his table, grabbing my hand over the table again. "I don’t know, Clara. I'm pretty sure my dad will be a problem for us at this moment where I really don’t need any more problems. And I don't know if I can control myself if he decides to come talk to me." Clara takes a deep breath and thinks about what to say, but instead of saying anything, she decides to raise her hand and order a bottle of wine. That makes me laugh. "I think it'll be easier to get you drunk and force you to relax instead of asking you nicely." "I think you're right," I laugh again and and I fill my glass once the bottle arrives. The food is as delicious as ever, Clara is just as lovely as the day I met her and the wine is affecting me more than usual because I haven't had more than a beer or two in quite a while. Soon we finish that bottle and order another... and before I know it I'm walking to my truck almost letting my little omega wif

{ Daniel } "Boss, we have news," Gabriel announces as he approaches my office. He enters after I nod and extends a folder towards me, "We have the identities and information of the rouge wolves. And the mayor of the Reynard clan wants to talk to you as soon as possible." I get up from my chair quickly to grab the folder. There are reports of two rouge wolves from clan Reynard. A beta and an alpha who were expelled from the clan for insubordination to the mayor and attempted coup to steal the position of clan mayor, as if we were in ancient times where people were going to accept an alpha by force. I look at the names and pictures of the wolves, absorbing as much information as possible so I can decipher what the fück they want and where they might have gone to hide, but mostly if it's possible that they’ll want to come back. I figure with the little information I have that for some stüpid reason they targeted Frank for being the mayor and it wasn't just a random attack like we th

{ Olivia } I wait nervously as I hear the phone ring and when a woman's voice answers, I stop breathing. I need to convince her or I don't know what the hell I'm going to do. This is literally my only and last resort. If I can't make it happen, I'll have to run away from here again. The only way I could stay is if I'm not bonded to Daniel. "Hello, Auntie. You remember my friend, the one I told you about?" "The little doofus who wants to dissolve her compatible bond?" she asks and makes me laugh even though Julian widens his eyes looking distressed that I'm going to be offended. "Hi. It's me, the Doofus," I introduce myself and the lady gasps in embarrassment, but I laugh again, "Don't worry, I just please need you to listen to my story. Do you have time right now?" "Yes, I have time, little Doofus, you can tell me," she tells me in a sweet and amused voice. Julian stands up at that moment and gives me a little charade performance to let me know he will leave me to talk privat

➿ Present ➿ When I come back to reality after my embarrassing flashback, it dawns on me that Julian is seriously kissing me now and his hand is sliding under my shirt to put it on my back and pull my body even closer to his. That fills me with panic and I tense up because not only do I have an alpha... I also have a boyfriend. Felix may not make me feel the same as an alpha and he may not know how to satisfy me sëxually, but he has shown me far more tenderness and romance than any of them. He doesn't deserve this. "I'm sorry," Julian apologizes when he feels me detach from the kiss, pulling away from my mouth to look me in the eye, "I know we’re friends but you're so gorgeous, I couldn't help but kiss you. I've never been this attracted to an omega before." His words stop my panic and guilt a bit because they make me feel curious and they also awaken my bruised ego. Who doesn't like to be told they're gorgeous after suffering so much rejection in their life? I obviously need

As soon as I enter the house, I feel all eyes on me even though they try to look the other way and pretend they weren't looking and openly gossiping about me and Olivia talking like normal people for the first time since she came back. Clara takes possession of my hand and pulls me towards the kitchen very excited to give me a taste of some cookie mix or something she and her mother are preparing. It's delicious and I tell her that, but it wasn't delicious enough to move me away from the game with my son to eat this nonsense. I don't even like desserts that much, I don't understand why she was so excited for me to try this. Still, I stay in the kitchen with her for a while, trying not to look out into the backyard so I don't look like I want to go back to being there with my girl and my son, even though I totally want that. The conversation in the house turns serious again when Lucinda starts telling everyone about the two wolves that attacked their father an