Fuck, I was nervous. I am an Alpha, I shouldn’t be nervous. But I could feel the clear signs as I walked next to Amie to

have dinner with her brother and his mate. I had known Amie and her brother were close, she had told me stories, but

after seeing the two of them together. I got it. They had this bond between them. I needed to get along with this wolf, it

was important to Amie. She hadn’t told me as much, but I just knew it. I liked Beta Elder, I had done from when I met him

for the first time at the Alpha summits. If nothing else, we both had an interest in protecting Amie. But his best friend was

her true mate. That had to make him standoffish to me. I didn’t fool myself to think he saw me just as Amies Alpha and

friend. He had to see the truth, if nothing else his mate should have told him. I didn’t think he was okay with us just

because he seemed to keep his Alpha away from Amie. That would be more for Amie”s sake than anything. So, I needed

this evening to go well.

‘Are you okay? You are acting weird,’ Amie mindlinked me.

‘What do you mean? I’m just walking,’ I told her.

‘Yeah. In this weird kind of way. If you feel uncomfortable with having dinner, you can just drop me off,’ she offered.

‘No. No! I can do this,’ I insisted. Amie stopped and looked at me.

‘You sound like you are heading into battle. It’s just my brother and Becky. You have met them before.’

‘I know. I’m blowing this out of proportion. I just really want them to like me.’ She smiled at me.

‘Of course they will like you. And if my brother gives you any trouble, you tell me and I will tell mom,’ Amie told me and

took the hand I didn’t have the food basket in and gave it a light squeeze.

‘Deal,’ I told her. I relaxed a little and looked up to head towards the communal building where we would have dinner in

one of the rooms. I froze and my hand went to Amie’s shoulder to keep her from turning. ‘Don’t look,’ I said. Of course

she turned her head and looked at what I was looking at. I should have known she was too stubborn to do what I told

her. James stood at the entrance to the communal building . He was in the middle of a make out session with a woman.

They were as close to having sex in public as was possible without actually having it. I looked down at Amie, worried what

the mate bond would do to her. She scrunched her nose at the scene.

‘I would have thought he would go for someone better than Cindy. But to each their own, I guess,’ she said.

‘Are you okay?’ I asked. She looked back at me and I searched her face for hidden pain, I didn’t find any. She smiled.

‘Don’t worry. The mate bond is too frail to cause any issues. If anything, it just got weaker.’ She took my arm and made

us move forward. ‘When he first rejected me, I would lie in bed and torture myself with images like that one. I always

knew Cindy had her eyes on James, and on my brother, too. She likes power. Back then I spent countless nights crying

bed. That was until

on him and I stopped torturing myself,’ Amie told me. I had to fight against the need to punch James in

and even after all of it, he refused to accept

wasn’t a doubt in my mind that was what he was doing. We

at them. I saw James stop kissing the woman and looked after us. He

got to the room

his mate were setting the table. Becky smiled at

pizzas, fried rice and blueberry pie,” Amie said, reaching for the

side table.

sauce and meatballs, and

of you,”

look, saying I needed to

the same one.

Amie got here safe, Alpha

Elder. She’s been looking forward to it,” I

“Honestly,” Amie said.

they both rolled their eyes. I concluded I had

Beta had made the same

are not here on official business,”

we are family and titles are put to

objections?” Becky asked and looked at both me

course not, sweetums,” he told

All of us helped to set the table and it helped to

chit chatted and when we sat down to eat, it actually felt

have another story

The one she already told you was bad enough. I need to keep some of

chance.

have a question, Elder. Has Amie always been such a fan of snow? As soon as the snow comes

into a pup,” I asked. Elder

mom always insisted our dad took a couple

would head out into the woods and we

as a family. You know that it can be difficult to get those

It all made sense now. Amie had adapted her family’s traditions

new life.

take the pups in the pack out to sled in the first snow,” Amie

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now and

do?” her brother asked.

Mino was just a couple of months old, but we all went for a hike,”

good tradition,” Amie said. Her brother happily

little sister still as stubborn as a mule?”

to

tests my patients on a daily basis,” I told

she made me go through

time we met?”

need to hear this,” Becky

you,” Elder

hugely over-exaggeration of what actually happened, just remember I

defended herself. I hid my smile and started to tell them

in the small diner and Amie’s stubborn attempts to keep

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