KNOX
I had faced wars, mutinies, and assassins, but I’d never felt this kind of restlessness before. When she’d be recuperating, I hadn’t brought her to the packhouse; we stayed in one of my estates at the outskirts of my territory. So this was officially her first time here.
Jasper had spent the past hour watching me with the same smirk he used whenever he thought I was acting “domesticated.”
“Relax, Alpha,” he drawled, leaning against the wall. “You’re acting like she’s the goddess herself descending from the clouds.”
I shot him a glare. “Shut up.”
He grinned wider. “Nervous?”
“I don’t get nervous.”
“Right,” he muttered, straightening his collar. “Tell that to your wolf.”
I growled in response. He grinned, unbothered, because he knew better than anyone that I wasn’t used to these
