After dropping Adrienne off, I had nothing to do, so I wandered through the city alone. The dim streetlights and the endless stream of traffic made me feel hollow inside. It was as if the city and its inhabitants had nothing to do with me. Buzz… My phone vibrated with an incoming call. I checked the Caller ID. It turned out a close friend was calling. “What is it?” was the first thing I said when I answered my phone. “Wanna come out for a drink?” Edwin Mueller’s voice came through on the other line. “I’m at Pulse right now. Are you gonna be here, or are you too busy playing bodyguard to your beauty?” The Alpha of his own pack, the Moon Shadow Pack, Edwin had been my close friend for years. We grew up together and were practically like brothers. As the Alpha of another pack, we had a

