chapter 66

Everly The meeting with the new Alpha goes off without a hitch. Alpha Lee is around the same age as Valen, perhaps a few months plus or minus, though not as clean-cut. The new Alpha is more of a rough-around-the-edges type of guy. He also has a son around Valarian’s age. We learned he’s a single father and had built his pack from nothing—all on his own. He didn’t mention any family besides his son, so we take it as a sign that the man has no one who helped him after his wife passed. His story is very similar to mine; his pack is originally a pack of rogues who had lived in Lake City but were forced out by the human councils who took over. After meeting him, we decide to invite him back home for dinner. We think it’s a nice gesture and could help us to get to know him better. Everyone knows how wrong trusting strangers is, and this guy technically is just that—a stranger—so although we’re friendly and nice, we’re also still slightly cautious. Until his pack settles in, we’ve decided to