“Hey, Alex, Fred,” Malcolm said as he stood up from where he’d been sitting at the counter with Rayne on his lap. She jumped down and ran to Fred as he picked her up. Fred and Malcolm shook hands and he put Rayne down as they sat down at the counter. Fred had been living in our guest room for the past three months, proving his worth and loyalty to me.“Malcolm, there’s a slight change of plan for tonight,” I said to him as I opened the fridge and took three beers out.“Is everything okay?” he asked me. He had met Fred and they got along well.“Everything’s fine, you’ll be signing the accord with me, not with the pack,” I said to him.“Why what happened?” Malcolm asked me.“Alex isn’t their Alpha anymore,” Fred said and Jo stopped in the doorway.“What?” she asked me as I opened the beers and put them down.“They just asked me to step down for a while,” I said as I looked at her.“Why? I thought you guys were tight and stuff,” Malcolm said to me.“We are, but our laws also stipulate t
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