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#Chapter 48 Go visit your woman!
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Tyler POV
Giovanni's Pizzeria
Every bite tasted better than the last.
Garlic and tomatoes and parmigiano-reggiano. Crispy basil added a unique taste only available at Giovanni's and I almost growled as Adam picked the basil leaves off the pizza.
We were the only two people in the building other than the Marino family who owned and operated the pizzeria.
"Don't growl at me. I told you to ask for extra basil. You know I like the basil the best."
"I'm trying to eat my feelings here. You think you deserve the all the basil when I'm the one who just had to stand before the Alpha Council and listen while another Alpha tried to claim my mate?"
Adam snorted, deliberately crunching a piece of basil between his sharp white teeth so I could see.
I wanted to snap at him. I needed desperately to be angry.
Anger was something I could understand. There was fire in anger. I could use the fire to fuel
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