It’s an awful thing, to look at someone's face and not recognize the person that they are. Whoever Emanuel used to be to me seemed like a lifetime ago, I had no idea who this man was standing in front of me right now.

Nevertheless, I opened the envelope and read the invitation.

Word by word my breaths got caught in my throat and the room started spinning out of control.

’Alpha Emanuel Jaxon, please join us in celebrating the yearly Hunters Ball hosted in honor of our ...