MAX I watch as Raven leaves with Hailey. Hailey seems to like her, which is both shocking and pleasing since Hailey never likes any of the women I associate with. I waited until they were inside Hailey and Sam’s cottage before I walk out into sight. “Alpha, finally you’re here. Everything is set up and” Sam my uncle and Beta say. “Thank you Sam, I will go freshen up and be right back. You can call the pack and tell them to come in 30 minutes.” “Yes, Alpha,” Sam responds, always the loyal soldier. “Sam, please, when it’s just us, call me Max. We are family after all” “No can do Alpha, I called your father Alpha all my life and I will do the same for you.” “Disobeying my commands already?” I reply with a snort. “Nice try, but your old man also tried that, you are my Alpha and that is what I will call you. No, go get cleaned up so that we can start, I think the pack needs some words of comfort from their Alpha.” Sam responded with a solemn smile. “Yeah, I don’t know if I can give

Max “That wasn’t what it looked like.” She spins around, her face is emotionless, but her eyes have a hint of hurt in them. “What was?” she asked “In my office. That wasn’t…. what I mean is I wasn’t…” I stutter to get the words out. How can I explain this to her. I know how it looked. I just can’t find the right word to explain. She plasters a fake smile on her face and gives a little laugh. “Oh, that. Don’t worry about it. I have been around Alphas all my life. I know how you all are.” she cuts me off. Her body language is nonchalant, but thoughts blue eyes still have that hint of hurt in them. Shit. I don’t know what to say, how to respond. “Well, if that’s all. I need to catch up to the squad.” Before she could spin around again, I reach out and pull her to me, sparks running like a current through me. Starting at my hands where I touched her and running up my arms and through my body. Our eyes meet and like always when I look at them, I’m enchanted. Everything else falls aw

Fuck, this has to be the dumbest, none thought out thing I have ever done. Colton told me Raven is like a sister to him and warned me off. I know I should have backed off the moment he told me that. But I just can’t let her go, I know I have to focus on the pack and must sister, we all need to heal. But Raven brings light to all the darkness around me and I can’t let her go, I don’t want to.Maddox was so pissed off that Colton had the nerve to warn us away from her, I had to push him to the back of my mind to stop him from attacking one of my best friends. I think Maddox and I are on the same page when it comes to raven now, she is not just a fleeting thing, but she the anker that keeps my world from spinning in chaos.Keeping away from her for days was agony. I am not doing that again. I was miserable, on edge and angry and she was distracted, which was not a good thing seeing as we can get attached at any moment. I have come to the conclusion that we need each other. But she might