MY PRONOUNCEMENT WASN’T met with quite the awe I’d hoped for. Instead, Harry muttered something too quiet for me to hear, which provoked a snort out of Theta that turned into a strangled growl. She pursed her lips and sidled sideways, just in time to leave Harry the sole recipient of Claw’s heated gaze.
“Do you have something to add?” Claw demanded, making me feel like a kindergartner being protected by her much older brother.
“No, alpha,” Harry answered. Then, to me: “Lead the way since you know where we’re going.”
Harry’s tone was so painfully polite that even Claw couldn’t take offense, but my wolf smelled the faint hint of peppery amusement that turned a simple statement into irony. He might as well have said, “Let’s get this wild-goose chase over with so someone with brains can fin
