Tiberius POV Your little mate just wandered in all bruised up and scared out of her mind, Henley had said over the link. Henley was Mordecai’s mate, and as such, worked outside the pack to do some subtle reconnaissance. She worked three jobs, rotating shifts across town, and she knew almost everyone in town. She was our finger on the pulse, and she was damn good at her job. Just a half hour later, I was pulling up to the bakery entrance of the bookstore, which was in an alleyway. I did a quick perimeter check- there were no rogues nearby, though through the link other gammas were reporting increased sightings of them in the last twenty minutes. They were looking for her. I knocked on the door, and Henley opened it. She peered out and looked both ways before letting me in. “You act

