Chapter Four
By the time Darlene got home, she wanted nothing more than to curl up in bed and sleep for the rest of her natural life. But Mark was waiting for her. She let out a groan of frustration. Her annoying old neighbor stuck her head out to see what the noise was all about. Doesn’t that woman have a life? Doesn’t she have to sleep? The woman narrowed her eyes at Mark and then shut the door.
“What? What could you possibly want today? I thought pack leaders were busy.”
Mark didn’t seem to be bothered by Darlene’s bad mood. “I am. But Liara called me. Warned me Atticus was back. She got a call from Idris that he was in jail to sober up. You know anything about this?”
“Why does it even matter?” she said, opening her apartment door and letting Mark in after her.
“Because Atticus is
