AXEL The car ride was pretty intense. Nostrils flaring, hard breathing and silence. Once parked we ran up to Aaron’s room and shut and locked the door. Most bedrooms and offices in the packhouse were soundproof and I was thankful for that right now. Aaron stood at the end of his bed with his arms crossed. I’d sat in his swivel desk chair. Andrew leaned on the other wall across from us with his right foot on the wall too. It was a minute before anyone spoke. “I’m telling you right now, if you don’t want him, I’ll take him,” Aaron said. “If I have to I’ll step down as alpha and leave the pack.” He looked at us with a serious face. Another shocking revelation for my day. “Are you … being serious right now?” Andrew asked. Aaron nodded. Andrew bust out laughing and we looked at him strangel

