Erin’s POVMonths Ago****My hands shook as I picked it up from the bathroom sink. I'd taken it last night, thinking he would come home.He hadn’t.Carlos is the Alpha of our pack, though. This meant long hours away from home. I knew this, but over the past few days, maybe even weeks, he’d been different. No. Distant.But he was home now.Because we had dinner in less than an hour.He was downstairs in his office. I closed my hand around the stick. I rushed out of the bathroom.Carlos was finally home.I hadn’t seen him in days, but this was about to change that.I knew it would.I hurried down the stairs, nearly slipping on the last one. Rushing towards his office door, I pushed it open. Carlos was standing near his desk, papers in hand.He looked tired. His shirt was creased, dark circles sitting under his eyes.“Carlos?” I walked into the room, stopping a few feet away from him, nervousness suddenly overtaking me. My hand became sweaty around the stick.“Not now, Erin, I'm tired,”
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