#Chapter 480 – New Bonds

Mark watches Pippa carefully, still completely at a loss regarding what to do or say to calm her down, to let her know that it’s all right. Because she’s right – completely right. None of this is simple. She is, by all accounts, married to another man and newly the mother of his child. But despite all of that, besides her slim little chest heaving with anger, Mark notes that…Pippa doesn’t leave the alcove. And it’s not because he’s keeping her here by force. Be cool, be cool, his wolf cautions, even has he fails to take that advice himself and darts anxiously back and forth in Mark’s soul. Mark exhales slowly and holds Pippa’s gaze. “Your situation is even more complex than you’re painting it,” he says, doing his damn best to stay calm. Pippa stiffens, her shoulders straightening as she glares at him. “By which you mean?” He raises an eyebrow at her. “You’re leaving out the fact that your Alpha is mated to someone else as well. Happily so, by all accounts.” Pippa inhales