Chapter 21

Maya

Dean heartily tucks into a big breakfast, like he hasn’t got a care in the world, while I sip on a glass of orange juice and nibble the corner of a piece of toast. My stomach is in knots and I can’t face any more food.

The only other pack members up this early are dressed in construction gear, Nathan’s employees, and they can’t hide their interest in what’s going on. If they didn’t hear what happened last night, they can definitely sense the tension in the air. The packhouse practically buzzes with dominant alpha vibes as Dean and Rex sit beside each other. They make chit-chat about some recent announcement from Alpha Steel that he’s going to bring back the alpha games, and how it might work. It used to be huge by the sounds of it and I can imagine every other pack being excited about it, but not these two. They're both men of few words with little time for the meaningless displays of power and strength that a challenge of this sort would represent. Dean isn’t a fan of interacti