Evelyn's POV

"He really found her?" Beta Frank murmurs, his back turned. "She was just pumping gas at the station? We've been searching for his mate for years, and she just shows up out of nowhere?"

Christian grimaces as he looks up and sees us. "Good morning, Luna Harper," he says loudly, the tone loaded—a subtle warning to Beta Frank to keep quiet. This is their coded language, a way to keep Luna Harper in the dark about Alexander's true ...