n her life, even though she still had to deal with Hunter

had witnessed her getting manhandled lik

unter the first chance she got. But for now, the Rog

standing there, staring at Hunter and

ouble. Absol

as she bolted toward the north g

" she muttered, shifting in

, his wolf, Rogue,"emerging in a flash

d, chaos exploded. It was one Me

shaking the bl

een the combined forces of the Alphas present

ted. The rest fled, r

his human form beside her, looking infuriatingly at

as well, rolling

"Oh? Are we ke

"I mean, if it helps your ego,

spond, a Beta warr

here's-uh-

ned. "Of cou

is knuckles. "Wh

th an expression of deep reg

"Lost one? What d

e escaped... and, uh...

filled t

d at him. Then, in perfect s

gue had escaped. It was more of a

ormal rogue, this one had somehow scaled th

roof, snarling like a lunatic while an entire s

" one muttered.

a better view?"

ge of her nose. She did

le it," sh

. "No way. I'm

her arms. "And what exactly is

mple. I climb up, d

e cut in. "You'll fall a

is chest. "Are you wor

plain to the Summit why I let the great Alpha Blac

"Sounds like a p

he stripped off his shir

se, even though she'd seen many Alpha's shirtless before, this wa

lders broad, his abs sharp, and his strong arms

Pull yourself together and focus C

he view?" H

ped back to

smirked

t first, she was going to wat

imb the roof but did n

ue snarled and hurled a loose shingle straight at hi

veral bad decisions in his life, Hunter lost

did no

he laughed so hard

rom the ground.

wn at him. "Want m

ghed. "Ye

ry not to miss

, she shifted into her wolf, dug her claws int

l flat on his back,

nt. She reached the peak of th

his eyes wild. "Stay back!

She was so done

g to... jump?" she

hesitated.

er head. "From..

ES

bushes below, then turned back to him and sai

froze. "Wa

u." She shrugged. "But fair warning? It's, li

r the edge, and slowl

" he mu

rossing her arms. "Not

hed. "This is

shoulder. "A li

low. "Are we done? Or is he still

ed her eyes.

but allowed himself

hit the ground

Who handle

rked. "Me.

"Fine. I'll giv

"This one? Oh, Blackwood. I

oice low. "We'll se

damn the mate bond, and damn the way her wolf

Go fall off a

r lau

Cele

she wasn't enjoyin