“I hadn’t been expecting you to come. I thought that we had an agreement that I would rather come to you in the event that you needed to see me.” It was incredibly difficult for me to hide my anger, hide my irritation towards the fact that Alaric has just arrived on my pack a few moments ago—unannounced. That was what angered me. The fact that he hadn’t made the effort to call ahead and make sure that he would be welcome here, that he wouldn’t be interrupting or interfering in any of my pack matters. Luckily for him, he had caught me at a good time. I had just finished my afternoon training session with the younger members of the pack—an activity that always seemed to cheer me up, no matter what the state of my emotions were. It was just a shame that it had to be followed up with his p