Lahat ng Kabanata ng Betrothed To The Pack's Alpha: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 7

LUCAS"Luke, they have crossed our territory and its boundaries several times this past week. We have found paw prints in the wet soil surrounding the creek. If that weak Matherson family can't keep their paws away from our settlement, I don't know what options we have at our disposal other than to punish them. They won't take our threats seriously unless we retaliate and attack." He stares at me as if he wants me to give in. "This time, you have to understand, Luke, that this is serious, and the stakes are beyond what you have thought of, what with the Summer Moon Festival coming on and all that.""So, you want to violate the peace treaty with the Mathersons? What's next, Eli? Do you want to attack the Spiropoulous family afterwards you've done attacking all the rival packs in the area and have them cast a death spell on our kin?"Eli shifts from one foot to another. He doesn't like my answer, and I'm glad my words get under his skin. His gaze falls on a distant object in my room as

FREYA"Where are you, babe?" Colin asks me as soon as I pick up the call. "Do you want me to come to pick you up so we can spend some time together? I also need to pick up some clothes from the nearby mall, and I thought having you around would help me pick out something nice.""What for?" I reply. "Are you picking out clothes for your new job or something? Or are you planning to keep interviewing with other companies?""Yep, and yep, and yep." He sighs. "I'm going to keep looking.""Sounds good." Licking my lips, I stare at the dial on my wrist. "I have to do something before I leave anyway. Also, I'm at the library, so I got to go. Text me when you get here.""All right, sweetie."When I put my phone back on the table, a woman sitting across the other side of the room watches me silently with a poker face. It's not a passing look, but a full-on gaze as if she's apprehending me or she's personally offended that I decided to pick up the call from my boyfriend while sitting inside the

FREYAStaring at my phone, I let out an exasperated breath. The more I stare at my phone, the more this annoying feeling starts to sink in. My heart thumps as if it's scared something doesn't feel right. Something feels off to me.Narrowing my eyes at my phone screen, I try to interpret the last few texts we exchanged last night. Nothing outright jumps at me, but it still makes me wary. Colin has been a bit aloof since we said our goodbyes at the mall last night, but whenever something like this happens where he forgets that I also exist in this world, he shows up at my door the next day and offers me his full unadulterated attention.And I have gotten used to him doing just that, but can I wait a whole day to hear from him?His not being in touch with me is so not like him.I wonder what Colin is doing at this very moment.He was supposed to text me today, and we were supposed to spend time together on his special day.At least, that's what I thought we agreed on.Even though he was