ec

chasing Serena's doppelgänger. The ghost of

as chasing someone who didn't live in this realm anymore, but my wolf refused to

ed walking path. My mind said it was all my imagination, but my hea

es. My wolf fought for dominance. I paused and willed my wolf to calm down, craning

yards. Through my heightened sense of sight, I spotted the

air brushed the top of her shoulders, neatly trimmed bangs kissing her eyebrows. The Serena I remember hated brushing makeup on her face. This one wore fake lashes, thick red lipstick, and eyeshadow as dar

ss the street. My wolf restles

d the other end of the pedestrian lane. Even their height was the same. She paused under the pedestrian traffic light

de profile was still on me, but when she blew out the smoke i

ng her face, but I swear I saw her

ll the air o

She looked so much l

body went rigid when Jared

street traffic light. A van dr

own Serena's sentence, thinking I could manipulate the world and protect her. I

d and started walkin

de, matching my unhurried pace.

f my body, rummaging through the Hallow Forest for evidence that Lia was

in Hallow Forest. In front of the pack, I was the Alpha who lost his wife and grandfather in the spa

l if needed, but he also saw me at my worst. It took a while before I gained control

.

rtin Mills I'd been sipping when Jared walk

ed pants and a see-through long-sleeve top with a very large bow cinched on the collar. He m

as a masquerade ball?" he raised a g

on Jared's face gave it all. He wiggled his brows and opened his mouth. I raised my han

"We're already here. Don't

Sometimes I wonder if you a

ere since we arrived, the blond girl pervading my thoughts. She w

d asked, refilling my glass

d for believing my mind's own trick. "She s

getting more and more creative each time you see her. Last time, she was walking over a lake; now she

inked glasses with him and

us. He cautiously treaded around my mood, then sighed, taking a sip of

kno

the counter as though he were taking strength from it to spea

try

t alpha shit on me, Declan. I'd been cleaning up your mess long enough to deserve a voice in that stubborn head of yours. T

stared at the rich

at some point. You did every

still dead,

narrowed my eyes at him. "Gerald has been making a move to take over your position as alpha. One of our tec

tisfied that he caused my mother's death? Now, he wa

s curved to the ceiling, smiling arrogantly at his punch line. "Kidding

n agenda in that statement?" M

angular box secured by a huge black ribbon. "I have a plan, and t

hite with blue and silver embellishments shimmering under the overhead lights. Gr

fucking-lu

re charming away an alpha," he frowned. "That sounded way

inside the box and back at Jared.

recognize this outfit? This is fucking Gucci!"

uck is Har