Chapter 25

Pippa's POV

Adrian is quiet while we eat supper. He somehow managed to avoid me all day. After I told him about Tammy, the she-wolf who explained to me how to take his mark, he left with some lame excuse about inspecting the bakery. He did not come back until the wolves who took it upon themselves to cook our food called him in for supper.

“What’s the deal with these wolves serving us?” I ask just to break the silence.

“Hm?” Adrian grunts and looks up from his plate. He hasn’t eaten a thing, just moved his food from one side to the other.

“The wolves that keep…doing stuff for us?”

He drops his head again and doesn’t even look up when he answers me. “They’re Omegas. It’s in their nature to serve.”

He’s not the same man I met nearly a month ago. The one who snuck into the storage room and whispered sexy promises in my ear. It’s as if he fears me now. “Why won’t you look at me?”

Slowly he lifts his head to stare at me. His eyes are on fire with dark desire, and his jaw is so tightl