Andrew Of course, I couldn’t stop thinking about what my buddies had said. They’re my Beta and Delta for a reason, after all – smart, loyal, capable of seeing things I sometimes can’t. And right now, I felt like the dum.best Alpha in the history of pack leadership. Maybe she wasn't bad or guilty of plotting betrayal, until proved otherwise. So... Should I ask her out? A proper date, flowers maybe? A gift, just something small? No. Stop. Don’t even think about it. She’d take it, roll her eyes, and throw it right back in my face. Or worse… she’d smile that infuriating smirk and say something sarcastic, like I’d just done the dum.best thing in the world. And asking her out? Forget it. She’d refuse me outright, just to spite me. I can see it now, that sharp tilt of her head, that glare, th

