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.

water but only staring down

Jackson was there,

Palmer, let's

shot a glance at Lena. Her eyes were 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 it. She had the

How utterly ridiculous.

to slap Lena right now. Or tell 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

was already two strikes against me, and the last thing I needed

want to be hated by the Wilton pack after the fight, or have it

anger and decided to find a chance to

the stairs, and Jackson politely took my hand

looked over at me as if to confirm that I'd made it down the stairs okay and that it was safe for him to let go of

than let go, his face darkened and his hand tightened around

and I could hear his wolf

raised his other hand to touch my slightly swollen face, and something that

slightly stunned when I saw the look on Jackson's face. I wouldn't