*Theo*

As I followed Ciana and her former governess, or so I’d learned, back to the Alpha’s mansion, I couldn’t believe the story she’d made up about me. How dare she?!

The girl was obviously having way too much fun. It all seemed so amusing to her, and I just wanted to shake some sense back into her–to take her in my arms, stare into her eyes, breathe in her scent—and tell her it wasn’t funny at all.

But I knew it wasn’t the right time to do ...