“What are you doing here?” I stuttered, feeling taken aback by his presence.
“I wanted to see you, and we need to talk about that stunt you pulled this morning!” he snapped.
“Oh, that…” I uttered an exasperated sigh.
Jake was a beta; he also lived at the pack house so that he was close to the alpha and other ranking members. We lived on separate floors. Initially, our plan was for me to move upstairs with Jake the night of our marking ceremony. That didn’t happen because of recent events, which left my room resembling a hot mess, with semi-packed boxes and clothes strewn all over the place.
Before the ceremony, I wasn’t permitted to move in with Jake until we had become officially chosen mates. Living with someone other than your fated mate was frowned upon, but Rick had agreed to make
