Madeline’s POV It’d been two weeks since I last saw Alpha Dimitri. He hadn’t been around the house and he hadn’t come to the diner. I didn’t know why I found that weird. Maybe because he spent a lot of time around me when I came to the pack. I noticed that I was hoping to see him again. I noticed that I was hoping to talk to him again. “No, Madeline,” I said quietly. “You don’t want to see him or talk to him.” I started wiping the glasses more aggressively. “What?” Seth asked, making me look up at him. I felt blood rush to my cheeks. s**t. Did he hear that? He was wiping the counters and he didn’t even look up at me. “Nothing,” I mumbled as I looked away from him. He came to stand next to me. He leaned on the countertop and watched me wipe the glasses. “What

