Nightfall. It couldn’t come fast enough. Sage – that little waif of a female who’d talked Meriwa to the floor and declared herself the alpha’s mate without ceremony or reason to even do so – hadn’t done any of the things Walker had asked her to. Namely, find her a room and a job. And maybe some clothes that covered more than just her backside. Not that it mattered. Actually, it suited Meriwa just fine. It was the best outcome, in truth. It wasn’t like she planned on being around long enough for him to say anything about it anyway, was it? If he was going to be disappointed, it would be after she was long gone. And then it would be between him and his mate. Ha, mate. For a fated pair that the Goddess had supposedly chosen for each other, the two of them seemed oddly… distant. Oh,

