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“I don’t do anything slowly,” she smirked

“How long ago has it been since you endured the change?”

“Three and half years”

“So young”

“What about you?”

“Five years”

“In human years, not much of a difference” She enty-four and he twenty-six However, in wolf years, huge Hera as e three The top alpha was bitten by his father, turned human, and then bit the rest of his pack All olves, when turned, were age twenty-one years, but with selected knowledge acquired via the blood bite or as known as Stallo’s blood, or the poison She shuddered at thethe bite

“Now back to your name, why Cricket?”

“Being the runt et meat and the last to find roohed “My barks sounded like a cricket’s chirp”

His tone reaze became unfocused “One of our beta couples had a runt They naiant wolf in Inuit ht save hi”

Cricket’s hands clenched Is that why he wanted to hang around her? Pity for the poor runt who needed the protection of an alpha? She kept her voice neutral “It is the will of the gods which wolf survives and which one does not”

He tilted his head and narrowed his eyes, studying her Probably wondering, how an insignificant little runt could be part of the gods’ plans? “So it is”

“I better get dressed” She stomped off to her bedroom

Slade heard the lock on the door as she closed it Such rude h the door and give her a nip, this time on her perky ass instead of her nose Lower ranked wolves never locked their alphas out Why did she

infuriate hi his temporary companion? Did she really miss the adventure of Teaate a potentially dangerous case,and possibly murdered olves