Karina just laughed and waved a hand in front of her face. “Brennan likes to forget about me. Or, rather, he likes to hide me and calls it protection. I call it annoyance, but what can I do? He’s the Alpha. He’s always going to want to protect me. Right?” “Right,” I muttered, my mind going to my own brother, who had certainly never worried about protecting me. After all, how was he going to protect me from himself? “Brennan said you needed more clothes, and I was going to bring you to get your measurements, but you looked so tired when I came in, I was afraid you were going to fall asleep in your porridge.” Porridge? I glanced down at the table to discover I had, in fact, been eating porridge. I really was tired. Clearing my throat, I shifted my weight to my other foot. “I… didn’t sleep

