I stayed for another hour, and we made small talk. Although I wasn’t ready to welcome him into my inner circle, it was a start. We had exchanged numbers, and he had asked questions about what I do, my birthday, and I told him I was pregnant. Surprisingly, he wasn’t hard to talk to, and I asked him a few questions too. He didn’t want to be a warrior, and I had a feeling it was because of Fred, he was instead a trainer for the younger pups at the pack.

He had walked me to the mansion, stopping a few metres away and watched me enter. I gave him...