“Shirt,” Ranger bit out. I waited for the Alpha command to hit me, but it never came. Interesting. I guess it didn’t work if I wasn’t pack. “No thanks, but I will take that drink.” I patted his shoulder awkwardly, stepping around his massive form, and walked over to where Fallon sat on the lounger. She was biting her lip, eyes dancing with humor, as she held out the bottle to me. “This is going to be fun.” 13 Ranger I slid back into the pool to cool down the raging inferno that was my beast as he thrashed around inside my soul. Fedrick’s voice came to me then, the mentor of my youth if you could call him that, berating me for losing my grip on the wolf as I made my way through the fight circuits when I was twelve or so. I don’t f*****g lose control anymore. That was child’s play. S

