Ryker's POV “Yep, you work on smoothing things over with him before she gets here. I’ll do my best to stop Silas from accidentally killing her.” Nobody controlled Silas, but every now and then he could be convinced. Orion might actually get Cole to agree to ignore her. Otherwise, I could use dominance and force him to cooperate. That had to stay as a last option, though. The only reason our group of alphas worked so well was because I didn’t abuse my authority. If I forced them to do something because of Aria, it would only make them resent her even more. Orion’s cheerful mood returned almost immediately. “I know you’ve been spending plenty of hours stalking her at night in your control-freak, obsessive way. But tomorrow... I’m picking her up.” Control freak and obsessed were both

