FEMALE APHA'S STOLEN BIRTHRIGHT
his shoulders relaxed under the thick coat he wore. “As we age, we all gain abilities, yes? Your father can talk to his wolves in their heads, no matter how far away they are. Me, I can always track my pack mates. If you hadn’t taken off like scared rabbits, I’d have come upon you hours ago.” “Why are you here?” Toby gritted out. He wasn’t irritated about the “scared rabbit” comment. He wasn’t. Getting angry around Asil never was a good idea. The self-absorbed, arrogant Moor would feed you your anger back with a healthy dose of humiliation. Toby had never fallen victim, for all of Asil’s baiting, but he’d seen many who had. You don’t survive as long as Asil had without being a cunning predadstor. “I came to apologize,” Asil said, raising his eyes so that Toby could read the sincerity in them. “Sage told me something of what Lauren endured. If I had known what you were dealing with, I would not have made trouble between you and your mate.” “You didn’t make trouble between us,” said Toby. Impossible, though, to doubt that Asil meant what