I didn't hear from Merrick the next day, spending my time meeting tons of shifters, breaking up fights among the asshole werewolves who had already migrated to Shifter City, and talking with the city's council about boring s**t.
He was giving me space—the opposite of what I actually wanted—and I hated it. His apology note pissed me off. And the key to his house? We both knew he never locked the damn door. He should've followed me home to fight with me until we figured out a solution that made us both happy… and I shouldn't have left in the first place.
But what had happened, happened, and it was too late to go back in time.
So, after a day of radio silence, I decided to do something about it the next morning.
Liv and I crept around the side of his house, wearing backpacks, bikinis, and
