Dean’s POV Feeling nervous, I adjust the tie that I can’t seem to get loose enough to not feel as if it is choking me, and glance in the rear mirror again. I had better enjoy the blissful emptiness inside my head now, because in about half an hour, nearly a thousand pack members' thoughts will be constantly trying to break into my head. Needing instructions, advice, training… So much for the carefree lifestyle I have enjoyed for the past three years. “Dean! Hey you loser, stop!” This is so not what I need right now. Looking over my shoulder, I see Staci waving at me, trying to catch me in her own golf cart, and I slow down just a bit. “Staci, I can’t stop. I’m in a hurry.” She glares at me as her golf cart pulls up next to mine, nearly swinging into the side of it. “Hey, watch it

