Alpha Logan paced slowly behind the mansion, his gloved hand clenched around his masked jaw as his emerald eyes searched the pathway.
“Why the f**k is she taking so long?” he muttered to himself, fists twitching.
He tried to keep it cool. Keep it together. But his wolf was already pacing inside him, growling like a storm waiting to snap.
Beta Fergus, just returning from the front of the mansion, bowed slightly. “Alpha, I’ll be heading back to the Guardian Pack now. Everything's in order—”
“Yeah, sure,” Logan cut him off, not even glancing his way. His eyes were fixed on the garden entrance, every nerve in his body pulled taut. “She just messaged me five minutes ago... said she was coming.”
Fergus hesitated. “Maybe she ran into someone. You know, talking or—”
Logan’s eyes snapped to h
