Cameron’s POV
I tried to resist Jake’s command to come back to the packhouse and meet with him, knowing Lexi was there, knowing Cooper was losing his s**t over her very existence, but wolf instincts are wolf instincts. So I found myself climbing the stairs, holding my breath, hoping by some miracle she’d be back in her room.
Mate is nearby, mate is here! Cooper screeched.
Would you chill? I snarled at him. Jake’s going to kill us. And I don’t trust her, anyway.
Cooper sighed. But you trust me, right?
Of course, Coop.
Good. Sorry, Cam, he said, apologetically.
Wha- I started to ask, before feeling him surge forward and take control. Oh, damnit Cooper!
We took a deep lungful of air and could smell her delicious flowery scent, and Coop took the steps two at a time, racing straight to
