Toying Alpha

th her pillows. Only, with her broken collarbone and arm sling she cou

ive, but she’d take

her back last night neither were in the mood for talkin

attacking the alpha, insulting him, disrespecting him, and a whole l

oked around, but they knew not to go too far, knew that s

st too far aft

ed, the left side of her body twinging in pain. That was the

e hadn’t taken a single prescribed pill

s rather confident in knowing when someone was full of sh*

rds and physicals were a yearly thing. She could understand three v

out Andy and his strange non-deference

proper and traditional, even laid back. Whatever this was, it wasn’t a

ha everyone deferred to. Even if some, like

ell he was doing, and it affec

reated her, how he acted when h

pha. She’d been a shoo-in for next in line—there was just a

t this point in time Jamie didn’t really tr

suffocate, that’s n

ace only to see Valerie at the doo

ld you sugge

in meds then dr

ed at that

owned instead

ce offering, I know but it’s the only food I can make in the microwave without

before she hissed, curling up

ier dose if your ribs a

ugh her teeth, sitting up. “Thanks, but…I didn’t thin

her own bunk, facing Jamie, snickering as the othe

were halfway to feral—I mean come ON! You punched Logan in

mie. “What, did you expect me t

get. Logan’s a lot of things,

in the middl

me through that. H

’s like fi

Logan’s mother was too, but he lost both his parents rather young, and he wasn’t gonna be the alpha. Someone had to step up and

way and shoving a spoonful of oatmeal into her mouth befo

her spoon at Valerie. “No cheap shots, no pre-emptive killing, and no shifting forms mid battle. That means no tossing san

er? We’re shifters,

spars we train to be able to manage rogue shifters or even humans. Official challenges only ever happen betw

n Logan

eed, and strength. They can easily tear out your throat before you can fight. As wolves, the human can hold a gun or knife. The

“But I can bet you anything that Logan didn’t know that. And THAT is why none

I not only improperly challenged

e tacked on, “we’re not a standard pack. You said it last night that we didn’t really go about any of this properly, and that’s on us, ‘cause we really, honestly don’t know how to. We’ve been in y

re setting the oatmeal bowl

en in my shoes, but since you have you gotta understand that for me, coming here wasn’t some weight off my shoulders of leaving a toxic pack for somewhere safe and a

her wet eyes, looking up for a moment, not letting her own tears fall. “But my

’m s

the corners of her eyes so she didn’t smudge her makeup. “We’re not mad and we won’t—we’re not gonna treat

e bowl aside. “I should probably apologize an

her pride, she knew when she was in the wrong