“Yeah,” he smiled a very cheery smile. Nicolae gets too long to say sometimes. He couldn't have just meant what he just said, surely. This was the same guy who just a few minutes ago would call Nicolae our Alpha or Nicolae. I wasn't sure why it bothered me this much. I just didn't understand where I was. First, challenging their leader, then being so casual all of a sudden. “He's cool with it? Or is this just something you call him behind his back?” I was ok with anyone calling Nicolae anything behind his back. I know I would if the opportunity presented itself. “Of course he is. He's kind of the one who made us call him Nick in the first place. I didn't want to think that he hadn't told me to be a little less formal with him. In many ways I was already less formal with him than anyone h

