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When Deceot to breathe He felt like a jackass adured if he screwed up,

He’d always thought human traditions were stupid until now His inner wolf still wanted to claim and mark her et to know her better first His brother had been right Hearing her story last night about a dog nah his canines ached even now to sink into Deceht As he tried to think of soent to say, she beat hi-Cordona pack but some of the men you introduced me to today have different last names?" She asked the question so fast, as if she’d been practicing it for a while

He eyed her curiously "Is this nor between us has been nored "There’s no big secret It’s true that most packs are families--like Ana and her sisters and cousins--so they usually carry the same family name, but that’s not always the case, like with our pack My brother and I decided to for a pack doesn’tan Alpha means you always have someone to protect you"

"So you’re not an alpha too? Could’ve fooledwith the rising heat of the hot drink

"I’m an alpha in nature but not pack Alpha There’s a difference I ree with my brother sometimes, but Connor is my leader and he’s one of the best Alphas I’ve known"

She thoughtfully chewed her bottom lip for a moment "So, what about betas and warriors…and the enforcer? ‘The enforcer’ is a new term, but I’ve heard the others before What do they mean?"

"Betas are si as everyone else and they depend on alphas and warriors to protect theuardians for everyone Born fighters"

"You’re a warrior, right?"

S, he nodded "Yeah"

"So you’re an alpha but you’re also a warrior?"

Again he nodded

"So all warriors are alpha in nature, but not all alphas are warriors?"

"You got it"

"Then what about Kat’s ex? The…enforcer? What’s his deal? Or what is he?"

That was an interesting question and not one Liam was sure he had the answer to "Ah, enforcers are…sort of a different breed altogether Each shifter Council around the world--whether ursine or feline or whatever--has the equivalent of an enforcer working for them Some have more than one--and in Australia, the lupine Council has two--but here in North America all we have is Jayce They’re siher, harder to kill, and born to that role I don’t know all the science behind it or even how he gained his title, but I do know that he’s at least five hundred years old and really hard to kill"

Her brow furrowed slightly "I see"

He figured she didn’t co and he didn’t want to talk about hi have you lived in Fontana?"

Her head tilted slightly to the side at his question, sending a waterfall of her thick, red hair tu over her shoulder "Since I was seventeen"