My Alpha Mate is a bully

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that had happened in the last thirty minutes or so. Georgia hadn’t looked back

every single one of my pack

?” I

hat?” Alek asked. “

re had that come from? I wasn’t sure, but the th

d. “And I have no idea.” But all o

lum Hartwood? The a

against mine. All the old emotions and longing from ten ye

g off whatever drink Klyte had made him before they’d gone insi

up

ncomfortable she looked and the fact that you kicked us al

t’s you and I talk pr

y glass in the dishwasher and foll

p of that was a giant, two-story living room, a home theater with a fully-stocked bar area in

as a sort of study. To study what, I didn’t know now

ke asked as he

xplained everything th

He ran his fingers through his dark locks as he looked o

hing,” I said. “I think she

ead, frowning. “

tle off, and why Malcolm is suspicious of him. On the other hand, I get the vibe that Malcolm’s felt that way for a while

think Callum’

I met for thirty seconds,” I said. Regardless of whom he’s related to, I didn’t add. I couldn’t get Georgia out of my min

hing back?” Luke asked, bringing my a

know more tomorrow

have, so I’d know what to expect during the meeting. But I’d been so stunned t

Luke asked. “Why would there

st pointing out

been nervous, but the type of nervous that came when you saw an old fling. Not t

’d run through the woods together as kids, learning how our wolves moved and saw the world. When I smelled her as I’d stepped ont

ng myself that going after her would be pointless. I was leaving th

plan, then?”

f he doesn’t want to give it to me, that’s too bad for him. Once I know a

nse.” There was a long

r. “Yeah. That wasn’t

.” Luke grinned. “Remember the time we threw

ly. I don’t think she was su

e next week.” There was another long pause. “Di

ha

you since we were—what, five? I saw the way you looked at her before we went into the military. And you weren’t the on

mmittal shrug

now is more or less the same as nodding your

owled, but only

schievous grin that

I’ll knock you s

t’s been ages since I’ve had a good fight. If that means I

-naturedly as I did, and opened the doo

an idea of

ssive TV. Sam and Klyte were playing a video game I didn’t recognize, but as so

drafted back into pseudo-service.” And I

were all in the military. All in all, it didn’t take long to relay the infor

ng to get a bit bored. We needed a bit of

paid,” Alek piped up, which resulted in O

allum,” I said. I didn’t add that I was do

us?” Alek dodged

He turned to look at me, his dark

go to the woods by the old apple orchard to see if there’s any truth to Callum’s claims. See if you can figure out ho

all n

morrow and how best to approach the meeting. But my mind kept going back