“I’d love to d******d your knowledge into my brain. I feel deficient in my education.” “You know, I could tutor you. If you want. Like if you want to get your GED or something.” I thought about it. “I haven’t had the time to even consider finishing my education. That actually sounds nice. What do
ALPHA LEDGER’S POV: I knew I pushed Stoll too hard the night of the bar opening. In hindsight, I was just grateful he didn’t reject me right there. Maybe if he had been able to speak, he would have rejected me. Tender mercies, right? I forced myself to push down my feelings and be content with ou
I did want to talk about it. I couldn’t talk about it to any of the people in my social circle. It would become obvious that it was Stoll, and I didn’t want to out him. “Are you like one of those bartenders in the movies, keeper of all the secrets?” “Not at all. I don’t make it a habit to pry into
ALPHA LEDGER’S POV: “It’s been nearly a month since the night of the takeovers. How are your packs fairing?” Alpha Alaric asked at the next Alpha meeting at New Dawn. Alpha Stoll spoke up first. “I have a list of people who have abused members of my pack,” he said. “They’re all from packs that we
I nodded. They were coming to assess my pack tomorrow. “My pack can start a construction supply company,” Alpha Stoll called out. “Perfect,” Luna Thea said. “We’ll be in touch about that.” A few more Alphas spoke up, but I didn’t catch what they said. I was too occupied with thinking about Stoll’
“Yes,” I said with a blank face. “And he has a smile that melts hearts,” Shaw added. “Mm-hmm.” I still didn’t give them anything. “Alright,” Anders said. “We can take a hint. We’ll leave that be for now. Will we see you at Lupercalia tonight?” “Yeah.” “Can’t miss an opportunity to flirt with th
ALPHA LEDGER’S POV: A few minutes later, I was in wolf form between the borders of Waning Moon and Nearside, and Cyrus trotted up to me. Our wolves rubbed up against each other, sniffing. We let them play for a bit before shifting to our human forms. “Hey,” I said. “Hey.” His voice sounded off.
I pushed those thoughts down. Best to ignore them. Pretend they didn’t exist. The week after the conversation that didn’t happen, I arrived at New Dawn for early morning training. The group was chatting excitedly in the training field, which wasn’t abnormal for a Monday, but there were more people