#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.

an appearance, and you need me

on not finding another Luna. Now get up. I don’t

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

to work. I’m in no mood to drag this night out any longer than it

be.

food of any kind. That was more

perfectly fine just having my supplements. Other than a

out of politeness, I haven’t really made the

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

make the appointment in person, I didn’t have the will to argue

on booking the best restaurant in town for the

really know anything about food, so I’m mostly just here to

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

it’s clear that neither one of

different from the

and she’s filled out a little. I can’t

in that black dress the

her wide blue eyes meet mine, my wolf me ntally curses me. He

isn’t the first time he’s argued

it to the forefront of both

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

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

her for no

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

it a million times, I say to my wolf.

We’ll never

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

suspect the wrong person!

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

fists against his flare of anger. I can’t

still skeptical. The evidence was

eyes, my wolf snarls back.

intimate feedings, the sneak peek of the kiss, the

gave her that showed up in the

all of that wasn’t

hurt and anger rise to the surface. I had more

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