“I’m tired,” River said. “Mind if I crash here tonight?” I doubted she was too tired to make it the additional hundred yards to her house, but I wasn’t about to turn her away. River needed a friend, and she needed Pack. Right now, I was pretty much the only person in the world who qualified as both. “Mi casa es su casa,” I said. “Literally. I’m pretty sure your dad owns it.” River managed a grin. “That make me your landlord?” I snorted. “Not hardly.” I sheathed my knives and sat back down on the bed. “Scootch over,” River told me. I obeyed. Part of me wanted to wait for her to say something, but given the fact that she’d come right out and asked me about the Callum situation, I figured I owed her the same courtesy. “So. Alphas passing through on their way to Callum’s, and that peri

