Jakes hurriedly walked into the Alpha’s house. It was the middle of the night and all the lights were off. This was not a shock to him. He had not expected the house to be busy and lit up, but now he hesitated as he did not know where to go exactly. “In my room.” He heard Kurian say to him. He had been asleep in his house next door when he had heard his Alpha call him to come to the house. As first in command of the pack warriors and the Alpha’s second in command, such a request was not strange, but it did speak of urgency. Quietly but quickly, he proceeded through the house to Kurian’s private room. With a light tap on the door, he opened and quietly entered the room. The entire room was dark except for a single lamp that had been switched on, which only provided light to one side of

