#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.

need to make an appearance, and you need

Luna. Now get up. I don’t want to get

using my status to get us a decent spot for

so I can get back to work. I’m in no mood to drag this night out any longer than it needs

be.

food of any kind. That was more

I’d be perfectly fine just having my supplements. Other than a few

of food out of politeness, I

time, and I don’t care much for the rituals of

person, I didn’t

set on booking the best restaurant in

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 to walk

and Abby never met, and it’s clear that neither

she looks completely different

again for one, and she’s filled out a little. I can’t help but think about how good

that black dress

meet mine, my wolf me ntally

leaving her. This isn’t the first time he’s argued with me about

it to the forefront of both

and I take the moment to

when he knows perfectly

her for

Justin, my

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

We’ll never get

contact with Justin, he argues. Maybe she’s telling the truth,

suspect the wrong person!

pack, my wife was screwing

against his flare of anger.

still skeptical.

your own eyes, my

evidence, all the photos of intimate feedings, the sneak

up in the weed pile, and the fact

left, all of that wasn’t convincing

the hurt and anger rise to the

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