Elijah

There were a number of reasons why anyone would want to come at me, especially after the kind of life I had lived.

I was a Beta for decades and carried out numerous tasks that were not limited to eliminating threats. It was possible that a remnant of my past had come looking for me, although that wasn't a concrete theory since I usually left no lose ends.

Jessica looked worried, much more worried than Samantha herself.

She had her own problems, like falling out with our previous Alpha. ...