*Isadora* Until I had uttered the words, I hadn't understood the truth of them. When my father had been imprisoned, I had become uprooted, and had trouble thinking of myself as his daughter. But I had Chad, I was his intended bride, and would become a wife and mother. When he had turned his back on me, another thread that had formed the fabric of my being had unraveled, and I had stood on those stairs no longer certain of who I was. Then the Alpha had taken everything, and I was no longer a ranked wolf, and had no home. I had known and understood every aspect of Isadora Softpaw, future wife of a beta. But who the devil is Isadora Softpaw ? It is half past two when I and Micah walk out of the casino to find a fancy towncar waiting for us. “I know it's awfully late and the air is scente

