Third-Person POV

The morning after the clearing, Morgan brought Lola back to his pack territory. Not to the safe house. Not to a hidden location. To his actual home. The main pack house where his people lived and worked.

It was a statement...a public one.

Tim met them at the entrance. His eyes widened slightly when he saw Lola with Morgan, not walking behind him and not keeping a professional distance. Walking beside him with their hands loosely linked.

"Alpha," Tim said carefully. "We weren't ...