Apparently getting kissed was very hard if one of the two people required was absent. Normally I would assume Valen had gone back to deliberately avoiding me, but after what happened a few nights ago, I wasn't so sure. Ezra had stopped by the packhouse on his way to training this morning to let me know Valen and a few of his soldiers had gone to visit a neighboring pack that had requested their assistance with poachers. I wasn't upset that he was gone and likely would be for the rest of the day. I knew Alphas had many different responsibilities within and outside their pack, but I was a bit disappointed that Valen hadn't seen the need to tell me about anything concerning the pack. I knew he didn't accept me as his mate. He might have accepted my story as the truth and he hasn't once

