Goodbye My Alpha (Taya and Griffon)

Before leaving, Griffon issued a warning.

"Just because Jackson broke off the mating agreement doesn't mean that the Sterling pack will allow him to do so. He'll be my brother-in-law sooner or later. Don't even think about getting him to fight against

the whole pack for you."

After saying that, Griffon turned around and walked to the door.

Once he was gone and the door was closed behind him, I heaved a deep sigh of relief.

Every time I faced him, my body filled with an indescribable pressure.

I wasn't sure if I was afraid of him or if I was fearful that I wouldn't be able to control my feelings for him.

Fortunately, my impulse had been to lie to him regarding any desire I had for him.

Otherwise, who knew how he would have reacted. It could have been anything from disgust to laughter.

and walked to the sink, turning on the water but only staring down at the stream before turning it off

was there, pushing Lena

let's

narrowed with warning, her wolf flashing for a second. Likely, she was afraid I would say something to Jackson about her slapping me. Which was quite funny when you stopped to think about

How utterly ridiculous.

Jackson, or say something to her. Anything to burn off everything I was feeling toward her, but this was the Wilton pack's territory. Not only was

strikes against me, and the last thing I

didn't want to be the center of attention, nor did I want to be hated by the Wilton pack after the fight, or have it cause problems for Jackson. Anything that

suppressed my anger and decided to find a chance to beat her next

I walked down the stairs, and Jackson politely took my hand to

I'd made it down the stairs okay and that it was safe for him to let go

go, his face darkened and his hand

growled out, and I could hear

other hand to touch my slightly swollen face, and something that looked like

Jackson's