★ Carter ★
“Hey, Carter?” I glanced up from the book I was reading and smiled warmly at my Alpha. Two days had passed since I had returned home and learned that Derick had finally made his choice. It was still painful, and I had no doubt that it would take some time before I was completely healed. In the meantime, I was doing everything I could to let Derick know I wasn’t upset with him.
“What’s up?” I asked as I closed the book and placed it down on the bedside table. Derick took a step into my room and glanced around. I, too, looked around but there wasn’t much to see.
“Russel wants to talk to you,” he suddenly announced, and I frowned.
“Why on earth would he want to talk to me?” I asked, confused.
“I have no idea, I went in to check up on him and he requested to talk to you,” De
