When Alec stepped out of Allison's car and entered through the fences, his beta was already there, leaning against the side of the wall with his eyes hidden behind sunglasses. As soon as the Alpha inched in his direction, Charles pushed his sunglasses up and strolled over to stand in front of him, with no hesitation at all. He released a low breath at the abruptness of his behaviour. "Did you lose your phone?" "What?" Alec blinked at him, a hand raking through the tangled mess of his hair. The Alpha couldn't help but remember Allison's nimble fingers tugging on those strands just a while ago. "We have been trying to get hold of you for hours now. You should have texted something!" Alec frowned, checking his phone only to realise that he had more than dozen missed calls and ten messag

