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"Of beautiful weather, pristine beaches, lots of friends? Yeah, I get bored But no-one’s life is ever perfect, Alex And these last few days have re ti to be bored right now, instead of trying to hunt down the vicious murderer who killed my alpha"

"You think of him – John – like that? As your alpha?"

"Yeah, I do" I finished off the Coke and scrunched up the can in one hand "I ht not be able to shift, but I feel like a shifter"

He nodded with a serious expression on his face and lay back in the sand I traced little figure of eights in the sand and watched the portal with half an eye The sun was getting hot, but at least there was a cool breeze wafting in from the sea

Mackenzie? Are you still at the beach?

I sat up a bit straighter What’s up, Julia? Did you talk to Anton?

Yes He’s not trying to expose you, dear

What? I got up to nored the Julia, he had my t-shirt With , dear

I scoffed aloud

It appears that since your fight Anton now has developed somewhat of a …taste for your blood

Say what?

Julia continued He’s convinced that it’s good for hiet more of it

I was absolutely stupefied Is that nor into some kind of shifter vamp?

That’s not physically possible, dear I don’t knohy he’s decided that you’re suddenly so tasty but he’s certainly still being kept to the geas

I didn’t knohat to say Could this be some kind of weird ruse that he’d cooked up? Jules, are you sure he’s not lying?

I coone fro the truth

He’s not sworn to you yet, none of the shifters are Technically, they all still had the change of alpha get out clause to use as an escape if they wanted to leave

Actually, he is He swore on the Way whilst you were out for the count yesterday Almost everyone did

Oh I was surprised I’d been sure that he’d want to hold out and see if he could get a place with the Brethren Then I realised what Julia had said Hold on, ‘almost’ everyone?

Julia, who didn’t swear?

To at me now I knew in my heart of hearts that neither of theeas, unless compelled to by whoever their new alpha becaood idea of who they wanted that new alpha to be To desire to join the Brethren’s ranks And with Betsy apparently besotted by hio

How could they be so naïve?

Mackenzie, dear, they have to an compels them to talk about me?

Unless he specifically asks if you’re hule detail they’ve ever know about you, which I i, then they won’t have to reveal anything about you And Corrigan has no reason to suspect that you’re huer is less to do with your worry about what theyyou?<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>