Despite knowing the fact that I was just his rut partner, the rare bout of jealousy sours my mood as I watch Azriel walk toward that woman. The air of indifference with which he dismissed me makes me feel as if I am not his beta but just another helper, just another person under the future alpha king’s wing.
I walk a little further instead of standing and watching him like a dumb, naive wolf first time in love because this couldn’t be love. I shouldn’t be feeling anything. I should only be thinking about what my father has to do here or what my brother meant by my father being involved.
And yet…
I find myself staring at the man who somehow has made me obey him and awe me by his dark presence. I watch the way Renee slinks closer to him, the way she clung to him as they talked quietly i
