The Alpha stood behind the balcony's wall, as he listened to the council announce his own engagement to the pack, alongside the Rogues refugees that stayed within Howling Tribe's territory.
Unable to do a thing, he only gritted his jaw as he pictured the shock in Emily's face once she learned about this, and then the pain it would soon resonate within the woman.
Even though all he wanted was for her to smile more often, he was about to be the reason she stays up at night, wondering what had gone wrong, or if she was not enough to make him stay.
Emily would probably— no, she would most likely hate him, and she has the right to do so. After all, it would seem as if the Alpha played with her feelings— with her body— while having thoughts of marriage with another woman.
“Lucas, are you sur
