Ammy prepared a tea tray for Jason and asked Lillian to sit as chaperone on their meeting. With only the three of them, the parlor was decided upon. Ammy was thankful that her room would be left alone this time, no alpha scents to scrub clean. Her heat was a week away and the thought of Jason scent lingering in her room while she ached for an alpha was terrifying. It would only confuse her inner omega, the scent of an alpha so near but no mate to help her.

Ammy opened the door when Jason arrived. He gave a polite smile and invited her in, burning with curiosity. It...