5Soren paced back and forth along the length of his living room; he hadn’t felt this anxious since he faced the challenger who stood between him and the status of Alpha male for the Pride. The fact that the “date” had gone on for two and a half hours was promising but he was more than ready for some kind of report from Aedan. Soren combed his fingers through his hair, resenting the luck that gave Aedan the opportunity to meet her first.
They had discussed which should be the one to meet her. Soren argued that since he had done the legwork, he should get the privilege, while Aedan argued—fairly—that they would both be with her, and they would both have to determine their compatibility with her, so it didn’t much matter which met her first. If she were incompatible with either of them, it w
