Future Alpha Romero's POV

The next day I am busy preparing for my departure.

The Elders of the pack want to talk to me, my father lectures me on morality and making our pack proud, and my mother warns me not to break the hearts of the women and to wait for my fated mate.

At midday, I have it all behind me.

Hungry, I go to the lunchroom. To my surprise, I see the person I have been trying to avoid all day sitting there. I don't trust myself to get close to her now that Xan has printed all sorts of dirty ideas in my head. But I...