Avery Hawke 'Look who's here. Miss runaway,' Avery jeered into the girl's mind. His whole body tingled from being near her. She stepped back, avoiding his gaze and turning around to look at her brother whose eyes were now on him. "Look who we have here. It's sergeant sneak," the beta sneered. That brought back his focus. He figured they must've reported his last night's visit to this one. He was the Alpha's second in command, after all. Avery reminded himself that the reason he was standing here was because he meant to reject the girl. Or have her reject him. Whatever worked. She was the noble between the both of them. So maybe it was all in her hands. Her eyes moved about as if she would rather look at the dog poop laying by the road than at him. Then she turned around to glance at

