Chapter 55

Author One o'clock in the morning at the Carter residence. Even after Alpha Shawn took a shower, he still found no sign of Weslee. He paced their bedroom – technically Weslee’s bedroom, though he'd taken to sleeping there since that night when everything changed between them. He emerged from the room, his powerful frame tense with barely contained emotion. "Is Luna Weslee back yet?" he asked the butler, his voice deceptively calm. "Not yet, Alpha Shawn," replied the butler respectfully, noting this was the third time Alpha Shawn had asked tonight. The air around them seemed to crackle with tension. Alpha Shawn 's wolf was growing restless beneath his skin, urging him to find his mate. After returning to Weslee's room, Alpha Shawn lay on her bed, tossing and turning. Sleep evaded him completely. For reasons he refused to examine too closely, he couldn't sleep in his own room anymore – yet even surrounded by her scent in her bed, rest wouldn't come. By two in the morning, Alpha Shawn 's