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A few weeks went by and everything returned to normal. The pack was happy and settled and Caleb kept baking. I didn’t see Lacey much and it almost felt like she was avoiding me. We had gone to dinner four times in the last six weeks, just talking and getting to know one another. She wanted to take things slow and I respected her decision, no matter how hard it was for me.I had my hands full with new business propositions and pack alliances. Jericho had really come through for me by making everyone forget what Ashley had said at that tribunal. My pack didn’t care about my past and that just pushed me to work even harder for them.I hadn’t spoken to Lacey all week and she’d barely answered my calls or texts. I was planning to go over to her house tonight to find out what was going on. She was definitely avoiding me and I had no idea why. That uneasy feeling had returned and I hated it.I wanted things to settle down. I wanted to start my life with Lacey, introduce her as the Female Alp

“Sorry I’m late, everyone,” I said as I walked into the building where Bronze and Silver were once again on the floor grappling with each other.“Get up, idiots,” Denver said as I smiled at them.“Sorry, Alpha,” they both said in unison.“Today’s meeting is pretty informal, although I do have some news. The reason for this meeting is so that Lacey and I can formally reject each other,” I said.“What?” A few voices said and I held my hand up.“This is a joint decision and Lacey and I will part ways amicably. She’s still part of our pack for the time being until her marriage is official and she joins her new pack as the Female Alpha,” I said and a few heads turned towards her. She nodded at me and I cleared my throat.“Lacey recently found out that she’s pregnant with her ex-fiancé’s child. He’s an Alpha and he wants to claim his child and do the right thing by marrying Lacey. There is nothing we can do to change that. The law’s the law. I’m not mad at Lacey. This was out of her control

“Come in,” I said at the knock on my office door.Caleb stuck his head inside, placed a plate of cookies down in front of me and sat down. His aura was conflicting, excitement laced with just a little guilt. He looked expectantly at me so I took one of his cookies and bit into it.He watched me eat the entire cookie before sighing loudly. I chewed and swallowed the chocolate chip cookie down as I watched him. Caleb was very easy going, he rarely differed from a decision I made and he got along with everyone.“This must be serious if I get cookies beforehand,” I said to him.“Are you back?” He asked me. “Like really back?”I understood what he meant. Was I out of my slump? Was I back to my old self? Was I still the Alpha that everyone knew and needed? I nodded my head as I looked at him, he deserved a better Alpha, a better friend. I could feel the change in my soul as I thought about all these things, so many of them depended on me.I’d stopped going out at night and drinking myself i

I couldn’t get Ilana out of my head, mostly thanks to Gray who kept the memory of her giving me the cold shoulder fresh in my mind. He found it hilarious that she rebuffed me and disappeared while I paid the bill. I didn’t know what it was about her, but the fact that she’d rejected me made me like her as well.The next few days flew past in a blur. I woke up on Friday morning with a smile on my face and even Levi noticed the change when I met him outside my house for our daily jog. I was getting back into my routine, focusing on my work and today Caleb would be moving out.“What’s got you smiling like an idiot?” Levi asked me.“I’m not really sure, but I had dinner with someone a few nights ago in Laconia,” I said as he stopped jogging.“Who?” he asked me, looking stunned.“This girl I met. I spilled her coffee by accident. She called me an asshole so I did the only thing I could do,” I said.“How did that escalate to dinner?” he asked me.“I followed her to a bookstore with the repl

“What an asshole,” Conroy muttered as he drove back to Wolfeboro. I hadn’t said anything because I was trying to reign in my temper.Conroy only nodded his head as he got into his truck with Emery and Slater following behind him. I remained on the porch and watched them drive away. I had no intention of going inside. I sat down on the top step and sighed.I sat on the porch steps for thirty minutes, biding my time. I didn’t want any of them to follow me back to Laconia. I had a bad feeling about Ilana’s job and I wanted to check on her. She was probably going to be pissed off that I cared.I drove back towards the Country Club, wondering if she’d even still be there. Luck was on my side as I spotted her climbing out of her car in front of the diner where we had dinner a few nights ago. I smiled as I slowed the Navigator down.I pulled into a parking spot and walked into the diner. She sat at the same table she had that night and I sat down across from her, uninvited. She looked at me