Chapter 41

Even I was surprised. Did I have a relationship with Alpha Randal that permitted him to wink at me? The gesture was off-putting and obviously out of place for him since he immediately went red in the face. If it had come from Koa, I would have understood since that man was the type to do anything to get a reaction out of others but it did not fit the image of Randal I had – we all had – of him in our heads.

Except he was trying to copy his brother.

“I am not certain,” I answered Cassius. “Did he wink at me?”

“What is that brat up to?” Cassius growled under his breath. “What kind of mutt does he…”

“We are at an event organized by the Alpha King,” I reminded him. If he wanted to sabotage himself, he could do it without involving me. “Please, do not growl or insult his son.”

“But he…” He started but he must have seen reason with me, reason to comport himself. Nothing good would come out of him upsetting the Alpha King now that they were starting to get along.

“He has a lot of