(Lysander’s POV) *RING!* *RING!* *RING!* The phone buzzes in my pocket for the fifth time in an hour. I don’t have to look to know who it is. The Werewolf Council has been demanding my return to America as if my entire existence depends on it. I let it ring out again, exhaling slowly as I watched Hazel and Asher from a distance. They’re playing on the porch, completely unaware of my presence. Another call. I grinded my teeth before finally snatching the phone out of my pocket. “What?” I snapped. “Alpha Lysander,” a deep voice greeted me. Elder Roland. He’s always been the most persistent of the bunch. “We’ve been trying to reach you. You cannot keep ignoring us.” “I can and I have,” I replied, leaning against the wooden railing of the balcony. “Try harder next time.” “This is not

