SERAPHINA Fun? I blinked. What was that supposed to mean? And why was she looking in this direction? I shifted a little uncomfortably. She said she was here to find a mate when I was actually a woman. What if she suspected something about me? I would be in great trouble. Grace turned to Alpha Jude and smiled, “I’ve received my father’s permission to spend time with the Alphas here and find myself a mate, since there are no upcoming trials. I hope you don’t mind.” Alpha Jude stood up from his chair in the library with all the grace of a predator bored of its prey. He didn’t look back once. His coat swayed behind him, cigarette still burning between his lips, as his boots echoed across the marble floor. He was already halfway to the door when he spoke in his gruff, amused tone. “As l

