After dinner that evening, Lilly nervously waited for Julius to come out of the house. She did not have the courage to give him his gift in front of the others. It wasn’t just pure cowardice but she also was too scared to be rejected with witnesses around. It would be easier to overcome it when no one was watching her.

“Alpha,” Lilly called softly. She walked closer to Julius . The alpha was about to straddle his horse. He stopped and turned towards the hesitant voice. “I have something I wanted to give you,” Lilly added. She held the wrapped gift against her chest. Her grip tightened over it...