She is not worth the trouble. I do have to find her, but for a different reason. I want to know what she did. “She’s a maid. An orphan who doesn’t know her place and thinks with that temper of hers she can get anything she wants. Ignorant, and there are Alpha’s daughters way more beautiful than her. Whatever you think you felt when you saw her profile, it’s lust. Nothing more. I’m not like that. I just saw her run to the forest, and since my father likes her, I couldn’t let her die.” Cirrus stared at me, then he laughed hollowly. “Bullshit,” he said flatly. He pushed off the armchair and crossed the room in three long strides, stopping at the foot of my bed. “You can pretend all you want, Kayden. f**k, I’m sure you don’t even understand your own feelings, but I suggest you make up

