hapter 110


    Enya turns to look at me, as if asking if I’m okay being left alone with Alpha James. I’m sure she’s wondering if this is aboutst night. If it were a council member, I’d be concerned. But with Alpha James, I know that whatever is on his mind wille out eventually and that it’s all from a ce of concern about me, Enya, or Shane.


    “I’ll meet you in there,” I say, winking at her.


    She nods and looks at me again before walking inside. He waits until everyone has passed us then turns to me.


    “You want to tell me what’s going on with you and that young Alpha?” he says, getting straight to the point.


    I sigh. I could lie, but it would be a waste of both of our time and Alpha James would take it personally that I disrespected him like that.


    “I talked to Dad about it,” I say, running my fingers through my hair. “We think it’s possible that Enya’s my mate, but because she’s underage, we can’t be sure.”


    “And how do you feel about that?” he asks.


    “My wolf is doing backflips in his excitement. I want her to go to the Academy


    cally do. I


    think it will do wonders for her self–esteem and will help her work through her grief over the loss of her parents. But …”


    “But the sex ss,” he says.


    “Right.”


    “You know it’s not like that.”


    “I do. Obviously, I do. I adore Talia, but there was nothing between us except friends with ssroom benefits.”


    “It would be the same for her.”


    “Except she’s a virgin.”


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    “Ahhh, and you don’t want some other man to be her first. Is she unwilling to allow you to be her first?”


    I huff. “On the contrary, the little minx is always trying to get me to lose control around her.”


    He grins. “So what’s the problem?”


    “I’m her guardian.”


    “For nine months,” he says.


    “I just don’t think the council will look favorably on me if I begin a rtionship with Enya before she goes off to the Academy. And what if I’m wrong? What if she’s not my mate?”


    “What if you’re right? Are you going to let some other Alpha be her first everything?”


    I sigh again. “I’ve already kissed her.


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    He raises an eyebrow at me, and I scrub my hands over my face, hissing my frustration.


    “She and Shane have quickly be extremely important to me. It’s partly because of my role, but I like them, both of them. They’re hurting right now, and I can’t trust that someone else would look after them the way that I am. With everything else that we’reing across in this pack, I can’t risk the council pushing me out and putting someone else here as their guardians. It’s not a risk I’m willing to take with either of them,” I say emphatically.


    “Maybe you should talk to the council while they’re here. At least talk to Councilm Johnathon. From what I’ve seen, he’s very happy with what you’ve discovered in the short time you’ve been here.


    “Yes, but not all of them feel that way,” I say.


    “Councilman Felix is butt hurt that you outranked his nephew who couldn’t have gotten his name on the leaderboard if he was the only onepeting for it,” he says drolly, making me snort out augh.


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