#Chapter 5 – The Trouble
Karl

Tiffany smiles, gazing across at Abby, who seems frozen in her chair behind the counter. I look

between them for a moment, and it’s easy to imagine that Abby is drawing all kinds of conclusions

about what Tiffany, and I are to each other.

I only came to the capital for the Alpha party, and without a Luna, I decided I should invite my cousin

Tiffany to come along. She recently returned from eight years of studying abroad, and I figured it would

be a good way for us to catch up.

I don’t get a lot of free time, and I couldn’t exactly show up at the party without a suitable female

companion. It seemed like a good way to kill two birds with one stone.

Although, I’m beginning to regret letting her blackmail me into this particular outing. After eight years

apart, I forgot how strong-willed my cousin can be. When Tiffany wants something, she tends to get it. I

tried explaining that I’m way too busy to go traipsing around to different food joints, but she wasn’t

having it.

“We need to book at a restaurant, like now,” she said, leaning against my desk with her arms crossed.

“And clearly sending someone else to do it for you didn’t work.”

“I’m too busy.”

She frowned. “If you want me to come to this party with you, then you’d better get up and come to this

restaurant with me.”

“I don’t even want to go to this party,” I grumbled. It wasn’t like I had ample time to attend social

engagements. The time would have been better spent working for the pack.

eyes. “Karl, you need to make an appearance,

finding another Luna. Now get up. I don’t want

using my status to get us a decent spot for the party. I’m just hoping

can get back to work. I’m in no mood to drag this

be.

eaten gourmet food of any kind. That was more Abby’s

I’d be perfectly fine just having

out of politeness, I haven’t really made

have the time, and I don’t care much

appointment in person, I didn’t have the

it. She’s dead set on booking the best restaurant in town

choice. I don’t really know anything

as she put it. I just wasn’t expecting to walk in and

and it’s clear that neither one of them knows who the other is.

different from the last time I saw

and she’s filled out a little. I

that black dress the

eyes meet mine, my wolf me ntally curses me. He wants Abby,

time he’s argued with me about it but seeing

forefront of

to talk to Abby, and I take the moment to respond to my wolf. I don’t

get her back when he knows perfectly well what she did.

for no

Justin, my gardener.

to my wolf. Cheating is my deal breaker, and

We’ll never get

hasn’t had any contact with Justin, he argues. Maybe she’s telling

suspect the wrong person!

working my as s off for the pack, my wife was screwing my gardener!

against his flare of

time, he’s still

your own eyes, my wolf snarls back. She never

the photos of intimate feedings, the sneak peek

gave her that showed up in the weed pile,

Abby left, all of that wasn’t

hurt and anger rise to

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