#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.

you need to make an appearance, and you need me on your arm since

Luna. Now get up. I don’t want to get

are, using my status to get us a decent spot

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

be.

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

perfectly fine just

small bites of food out of politeness, I haven’t really made the effort to eat

I don’t care much for the

decided I should make the appointment in person,

on booking the best restaurant in

be her top choice. I don’t really know anything about food, so I’m mostly just

Alpha self,’ as she put it. I just wasn’t expecting

clear that neither one of them knows

she looks completely different from the last time I saw her. Her hair

she’s filled out a little. I can’t help but think

that black dress the other

me ntally curses me.

the first time he’s argued with me about it but seeing her again

to the forefront of both our

the moment to respond to my

her back when he knows perfectly well what she did. It’s not

for

cheated on me with Justin, my gardener. I was convinced by the

times, I say to my wolf. Cheating is my deal breaker, and

never

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

suspect the wrong person!

s off for the pack, my wife was

I can’t forgive it. I clench my fists against his

time, he’s still skeptical.

eyes, my wolf snarls

of intimate feedings, the sneak peek of the

up in the weed pile,

after Abby left, all

remembering all the evidence makes the hurt and anger rise to

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