The Alpha Rejected His Bride For Me
I crossed along the wall, staying out of the open center, and reached the residential block's east corner without incident.
From here I could see the gate.
The replacement guard's name I didn't know. I had seen him twice during daylight rotations, young, maybe twenty, with the slightly self-conscious bearing of someone who was still getting comfortable with the weight of the responsibility. He stood at the gate with his back mostly toward me, watching the exterior approach.
Garrett's shift ended at the second hour past midnight.
I had watched the handover three times from the library window, which had a sightline to the gate's approach path. Garrett left. The replacement arrived. Between the