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Arrow nods and slips out of his seat, moving over to where Gio’s standing, and wrapping an arm around him. While he’s comforting G, I’m left at the table with our future fated mate.

I clear my throat. “We’re taking him to the hospital after the gig. Just to be checked out since he was unconscious for a few minutes.”

“I’m so sorry. I can’t believe this happened.” She shakes her head.

“Jack said you were shocked to see the guy.”

“I was. He’s not supposed to be in the city. We were together in Sapphire Valley when we were in high school. We broke up more than a year ago. I don’t understand what he’s doing here. Besides making sure I never forget the dumbest mistake I ever made.”

It’s exactly like Jack said it looked, then.

The guy’s Beth’s ex.

I think we’ve found the source of her uncertainty around men and dating.

An unstable ex-boyfriend who likely didn’t treat her how she deserves to be treated.

It’s bad enough that he hurt Jack. I already have a need to retaliate because of that.

Now, there’s no way I’m going to be able to forget about teaching that asshole a lesson.

I don’t know who he is, or how to find him, but I’m damn well going to find out.

Chapter Thirty-Six

Beth

Finding out Rourke hurt Jack makes me feel sick to my stomach. I’m on edge as I sit there, waiting to see for myself that he’s okay. I can tell Enzo never would have let him come here if he wasn’t, but I’m still crazy-anxious as I wait to see him with my own eyes.

With Gio and Arrow blocking my view, standing in front of the left side of the booth, I move around to the back, inching closer to the sombre, intense Alpha to my right.

Enzo is clearly as angry at Rourke as I am.

He cares deeply for his mates.

I can see that.

As far as Alphas’ go, he’s one of the good ones.

That probably means Gio is, too.

The only thing that doesn’t make sense is how flirty Gio and Jack have been with me.

This pack feels solid, so why would any of them be flirting with an outsider?

“Can you see?” Enzo asks.

I nod, even though I can only see part of the stage.

I’d have to get closer to him to see more, and I’m not sure about doing that.

Something about him makes me nervous.

Could be because he’s an Alpha.

Or it could be that he’s so damn sexy.

Maybe it’s both.

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