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Prologue

Colt

He is the Alpha

He’s found his mate

I should obey his every word

But I won’t

I can’t

Wyatt has every fucking thing in the world, and here I a but shit in my hand

I lean against the railing on the deck, staring at the acres of woods behind htly and I have to forcethe ceramic

I a to break,to shift

Staying in ood retreat, a safe haven from my torrential emotions

I’ honest The shit with Wyatt only intensifies those e out the worst in me

But our past isn’t an easy one

I push away froaze instantly lands on the fra on theout,I’ve lost

I findhold of it and looking down at the four people s back at me

It’s an ie of Wyatt andon either side of us, their hands on our shoulders We’re all s, brothers by bond, family by choice Our fathers were best friends, his father the Alpha of the pack,to rule the pack together, as a team

It was always the plan

But everything changes with time, I suppose

And right before Wyatt’s father passed, he elevated Wyatt to Alpha, totally disregarding htful place in line Then he passed away, and Wyatt became Alpha There was a pull of power between him and my dad It was one I never anticipated, but one that happened nonetheless

It put a strain between us, this wedge that stripped friends apart, als got worse There was no talk of us rolling together, the bitterness that had festered in both of us too much to smooth over, too deep to even repair