08~ Strong façade

James I felt hopeless; I fucking lost again. Zoe…what kind of she-wolf was she? No matter how much I tried to inflict pain on her, she remained unfazed. Her indifferent attitude led to me making a dick move. I used Tricia whom I normally never interacted with to provoke a reaction from her but she was still unaffected. I wanted so much to see her face contorted in pain, couldn’t wait to see how long she would keep up the strong façade.  But instead, I ended up shooting myself in the foot. The one at the receiving end of pain was me. I instructed Jericho to show her to her room but she stood frozen as she gawked at him. It was like she was hypnotized by his eyes.  I glared at Jericho as he shifted nervously, a small blush on his face. The fucker was feeling shy? She’s my mate! ‘Well, he doesn’t know that… besides our mate is a beauty with a strong personality I’m sure a lot of unmated wolves would be after her,’ Tyler chimed.  Tricia was annoyingly tugging at my sleeves but I couldn’t d