Page 19 of The Alpha's Weakness
I groan as he climbs behind the wheel and speeds out of the drive.
EIGHT
Camden
This is nothow I imagined my first date with my mate would go.
I’ve had to stop Holly from bolting from my car three times, and we’ve only been parked here for an hour.
My wolf is amused and happy to have our mate close by.
Me, not so much.
“Do you want another slice?” I ask, passing her the pizza box.
“No.” She leans her head against the window.
I stare at her, wondering how to get her to give me another chance.
I stopped to grab us a pizza before we drove here. We’re staking out the trail we think the cult has been using to get onto our land. It’s been pretty boring so far with no movement.
Talk to her,my wolf says.Bite her.
She would hate that.
Talking to her or biting her?
Both.
“What brought you to Night Grove Falls?” I ask.
“Adeline.”
“You two are close.”
“She’s my family,” she says simply.
“What about your other family?”
“They’re dead.”
“I’m sorry,” I say softly.
Holly shrugs. “We were never really close.”
“Yeah, my family was like that, too.”
She glances at me out of the corner of her eye. “Sorry. It sucks, huh?”
“Yeah, it did. Then I made my own family.”
“The Pack.”
I nod.
“Was your dad the Alpha before you?”
“Yeah, for a bit. He was in the Marines, and we moved here when he retired. He challenged the previous Alpha and won. He was the Alpha for about four years before he passed.”
