I sneered. Alice had always wanted me. Long before Lyla came into the picture, she and Christina had been bitter rivals. I remembered the night of my Alpha celebration ceremony, the start of all this rubbish with Alice. The wine had been spiked with some ancient herb to give us an actual buzz, something strong enough to break through our Lycan tolerance. Normally, we couldn't get properly drunk, just mildly tipsy at best. But that night… my brothers and I had taken more than a few sips and gotten drunk. Somehow, I'd ended up kissing Alice. From that moment, she wouldn't give up. She started pulling all kinds of desperate stunts… leaving underwear in my car, sending me photos she had no business sending. Eventually, I warned her sternly, and she backed off. I was pulled back to th

