"The wedding still needs to be finished yet." Dad added bluntly, his words taking me by surprise. Why would he say something like that? My heart began to pound, but he continued. "Their Alpha has not signed the final papers he ensured us he would have drawn up, from what I understood. Lex spent most of his time this evening chasing it up instead of socializing." He referred to his close friend and our pack Alpha, Alexis. I found a frown forming upon my face. That would explain why I had not seen my Alpha much at all. But this did not make sense. Brayden had certainly not mentioned any of that. He had been acting like everything had been confirmed. Almost as if it was signed, sealed and delivered. Seemed the man was once again hiding things. "Why would they not have signed things?" Mum as

