FIFTY SEVEN

Derek

I couldn’t miss it - the presence behind those bushes. They had to be waiting for me, because I could feel their gaze on me like a brand.

Of course there had to be another spy.

How could I have let my guard down?!

While Alisha walked back home with my mother, I grit my teeth as I silently gestured to the guard who had been standing alert at the door of the clinic.

He immediately came to me in a flash, and I ordered, “Theres someone over there by the bushes. Bring them to me.” Pause. “If you’re unable to do so, then kill them.”

The guard bowed and said, “Yes Alpha.”

I turned away, hearing more than one set of footsteps as I walked back to the house. I was deep in thought.

Gerard had to have heard that my mother and I ran over to the pack clinic to see Alisha. There was no other way to explain how he would have the presence of mind to put another spy in wait for me.

Damn it.

I clenched and unclenched my hands, trying to stay calm even though thee was a lot at stake.

How had I let