Chapter 22

We sat in the back of a dark car, about as apart as you can get when you have to sit next to each other. We were on our way to the Grey Tooth pack to discuss an alliance.

I had met the alpha before, he was very arrogant and full of himself but he knew he couldn't take me on, wolves often sensed something dark about me, and tended to avoid me because of it. They would rather be allies than enemies.

Despite the silence Dustin had been giving me, he demanded to come with me after hearing that the alpha was not mated. I was trying my best to ignore the fact he wasn't talking to me, but on the inside it was killing me. I might not act like it, but I really did care.

I knew I deserved it though, it wasn't fair of me to tease Dustin like I had been, it was just that I didn't know how else to act around him, I wasn't really sure how to deal with my feelings.

The journey was long and silent, a pack member was driving us there. But they were separated from us by a partition.

When we finally arr