Jayden woke to the soft morning light filtering through the room's modest window, his mind still hazy from the night before. He yawned, rubbing his eyes as he took in his surroundings. The unfamiliar room slowly came into focus, and with it, the realization of where he was, he ended up in Alpha's house again.

His gaze shifted downward, and there she was—Swan, fast asleep on the floor beside his bed. Her presence startled him at first, but as his head cleared, he noticed the strange ...