Lukan I stood near the tall windows in my office with my arms crossed behind my back as the moon reflected in the window, and I didn't turn when the door opened, and he walked in. I didn't need to. “You've been absent, “ I say calmly, “ from every meeting, the council briefing, patrol changes, even when I summoned you last week.” “I was still handling the restaurant business; this matter doesn't concern the Council,” Rich says, as a matter of fact. That got my attention. I turn slowly with my gaze locked on him. “ Everything that's happening in this pack needs my attention.” There was a pause between, a silence stretching thin. “ You’re my gamma,” I continued, “ I expected to see you in every meeting, no matter how big or small, when you start to disappear at odd hours of the day, there are questions I don't need to ask.” “I'm not a traitor nor did I betray the pack,” he says, between clenched teeth. “ I never said any of that,” I reply, “ but the way you are
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