a
glowed in the dim light. Alpha Howard's face appeared on the video
ck has been waiting for your talent for years. We are bleeding market share to the Ital
. "I will cross the border and leav
s in Paris," he promised. "You will be trea
only eight o'clock in the evening. Ethan almost never came
rgetic. He reached into his pocket and
hey were VIP tickets to the Royal Lycan Gladiator Tournamen
self a glass of water. "She helped me sort out a mes
of old ink and the specific perfume of the ticket vendor. The scent was stale. He had bought
ome face and decided
oking at his eyes. "Do you
ed, looking genuinely confuse
lake. Today was my birthday. It was also
g," I w
ss down. "I know you have been moody late
e an Omega," he said, his voice taking on that lecturing tone. "Yo
. "I cannot always stop to hold your hand. You need to be stronger. I need a Luna wh
he light glinting off its face. "I have
d toward
I forced a smile onto my face. "Can you bring me a matcha
id without tu
now. "When you get back, I have something ver
ter," he agreed, clearly not
sound unnaturally loud in
Paris. My inner wolf curled up in the dark corners of my mind. S
r tickets to another woman. He had forgotten my birthday.
him. The countdown had begun. And this t
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