Leon added, “He’s telling the truth. A cottage was found at the edge of the woods, just behind Susan’s pack. All of it, including the alpha’s death. John’s honest. He must have used his sense of smell to find her.”

William watched John and me talking across the park. My heat was growing, and tonight was the full moon.

“You’re not going to stop him from being with your woman?” someone asked.

“I won’t interfere with her relationship with her brother,” William said. “I won’t jeopardize it.”

“The boys are asking if you’ll take him into your pack,” Leon said.

“He’s not a pack member. I’m not getting anything from...