I scowled, my fingers clenching into fists. How…? I knew Celeste had been studying, but to knock out two full-grown shifters, and without their knowledge? That required both stealth and skill.
I really shouldn’t feel proud just now.
But I was, and that only rankled me further. I knew my mate was smart, but that was rather exceptional, wasn’t it?
She wasn’t able to disobey my Alpha command directly, nor did I specifically think she was planning to run from me. If anything, Celeste had seemed more interested in visiting her friend than anything else. So, what?
It dawned on me at once.
She’s visiting that i***t ex-fiancé of hers, isn’t she? Of course she is.
I couldn’t say why, nor did I care. She could be retrieving things of hers she’d left at his place, yet the idea of this man anywh
