Semua Bab Alpha's Dirty Little Secret : Bab 11 - Bab 20

Jasmine Zoey was already tucked beneath the silk sheets, her favorite plush wolf clutched tightly in her tiny arms.“Tomorrow is your very first day of school, sweetie,” I murmured, sitting on her bed. “I’m going to need my big girl to be very brave and strong.”Zoey pouted, her dark eyes growing round and imploring. “But I don’t like school,” she whispered. “I want to come with Mummy.”“Oh, my little handbag,” I cooed, leaning down until our noses touched. She nuzzled against me, making soft growling and purring sounds that never failed to melt something in my chest.Aunt Eleanor appeared in the doorway, smiling. “Little Howlers Academy? You’ll love it, sweetheart. You’ll make lots of friends.”Zoey shook her head firmly.“Zoey…” I sighed.“I’m sure you’ll love it, honey. Why don’t we just try it? Hmm?” I suggested, running my fingers gently through her hair.“You’re my little fighter, and there’s nothing you can’t brave. Isn’t that right?”She nodded slowly, though her lower lip st

JasmineApex was well into the next critical phase of vaccine curation. The primary focus of today’s high-level briefing centered on a rogue influenza strain currently tearing through several distant shifter territories. I glanced down at my phone resting on the mahogany conference table, expecting a routine status update from our field operatives. Instead, the caller ID flashed Little Howlers Academy.Panic spiked instantly in my chest, cold and sharp. I had dropped Zoey off less than an hour ago."Hello?""Lady Sinclair?" The administrative assistant’s voice sounded deeply apologetic. "I am so sorry to disturb your workday, but we need you to come in immediately. Zoey is having an absolute meltdown."My heart squeezed so tight. "I'm on my way.""What's wrong?" Mariee asked, stepping up behind me. "It's Zoey," I muttered, pressing a hand against my forehead as a rush of anxiety took hold. "The school called. She's completely distraught.""Oh, my antisocial little chipmunk," Mariee

The moment I walked through the double doors, I found Garrett.Or rather, he found me.His eyes locked onto me like a predator zeroing in on its prey, every movement of his gaze tracking me across the room. Half the ballroom had turned to stare, but it was Garrett's hard, suffocating gaze I felt undressing me, probing relentlessly beneath the delicate dark mesh of my fascinator.When he stepped even closer, cutting off the distance between us, my breath hitched. I was so sure he would catch a whiff of my scent. Since giving birth to Zoey and fully unlocking my wolf, my senses were vastly sharper than they had ever been. The second I walked past him, his overwhelming, heady scent hit me all at once those familiar, agonizing notes of cedar, rain, and dark earth making my knees nearly buckle under the weight of my gown.Thank Goddess I was holding onto Sebastian's arm.Mate. Mate! My wolf paced wildly inside my mind, her claws scratching frantically against the walls of my chest in raw r

Garrett Blood was still ringing in my ears, hot and suffocating.I had been unable to wait for the car. I shifted into my furious beast form, my paws tearing through the dark asphalt and dirt along the main roads. Running in wolf form through neutral territories violated half a dozen inter-pack accords, but I didn't give a damn about the rules. I didn't give a single damn about anything.Mud and bloody tracks smeared across the pristine marble floors of the foyer, leaving dark marks with every frantic step I took toward my private study.My phone buzzed violently in my grip. I shoved the screen to my ear without stopping."Garrett! What the hell happened back there?" my Beta barked. "The regional council is issuing heavy fines against us for the property damage and breach of boundary, we're being—""Not now!" I snarled, my voice a jagged tear in my throat. I slammed the phone down, ending the call before he could finish.I shoved open the study doors and stormed inside, my lungs burn

Garrett My wolf was an asshole. A massive, uncooperative jerk that kept snarling so violently in the back of my skull I had to forcefully shut him down.He had spent the entire night pacing back and forth inside my head before finally dragging my body into a full shift. My four paws had torn through the dirt roads straight toward Blizzard territory.Mate is here. She is right there.Jasmine was somewhere behind those massive, towering gates, and my beast had dragged me there like a feral dog looking for scraps. I had only caught myself and snapped out of the haze at the last possible second. Otherwise, Sebastian’s perimeter guards might have spotted and shot me down without a second thought, or worse, written me off as a mindless rogue.What the hell was my wolf trying to do? Get me killed?"Where were you, Garrett? I stayed up waiting for you," Giselle muttered, her voice breaking through my dark thoughts, watching me with those wide, pleading eyes.I sidestepped her reaching hand,