Theresa dived on that. “He’s a very attentive bodyguard, isn’t he? You have to admit, they look real cute together. Right, Cindy?”

“Oh yeah, real cute.”

“Shut it,” snapped Gio, surprising most people in the room.

“She didn’t tell you she was going out?” asked Donny.

“No, she didn’t,” Gio managed to grit out, pissed off that she had ventured out without a word and jealous that she had asked Chris to go with her rather than him. He switched his attention back to Duda. “Why didn’t you stop her from going?”

“Why would I have stopped my Alpha female from leaving pack territory? And how exactly would you have...