Emma stared at the files before her, which contained the autopsy report. It had arrived early that morning and caused turmoil in the office. The result was shocking and incredibly unbelievable, yet, she somehow had expected it. The result revealed the men were killed by an animal attack. It raised so many controversies amongst everyone but she remained quiet. Clyde was right. He was right all along. Her gaze landed on Allen, her partner. He was stomping around the place furiously. Allen was a perfectionist who had no desire to fall back on any case he started. So when the much-awaited autopsy had returned with no lead except that the men were killed by a rabid animal, Allen had lost it. He had marched to Jeffrey, Emma's boss, with a file that contained a thousand reasons he believed the autopsy was wrong. He didn't believe the result and Emma feared no one did. But the results had left everyone shaken and speechless. Silently, within her heart, she knew she doubted the certainty of

Emma closed her eyes and fought back tears. She sat in her car with the windows rolled up, struggling with her emotions and thoughts. The parking lot emptied as ten minutes turned into an hour and continued ticking. Staring at her office building, she tried to fight off the bitter taste of submission and disappointment that ate her gut like acid. She was his mate. A werewolf. Yes, she wasn’t in a relationship and her hopes of falling in love were dying a gradual death. But she was not thrilled with the idea of being betrothed to a person. A werewolf. She thought of the fantasies she had about her life and wondered how it would fit in. Then she realized it couldn’t. She wondered if sneaking into the warehouse had hastened his plans to claim her and she let out a long sorrowful moan. A mate was a mate. And she couldn’t avoid him even if she crossed to the other side of the planet. He would find her. And oh, yeah, he would mark and mate her. Cursing, she started the engine to dri

Clyde watched as Emma’s expression switched from confusion to anger. Her brown eyes were lit with fury, and the muscles ticking in her jaws showed how she was displeased by his statement. Her face had twisted into a frown and her fist was curled beside her. “What do you mean by that?" She asked again, peering at him with intensity. “It means that you cannot be the Luna of my pack…” Clyde responded casually, ignoring the apathetic look on her face. “What?” “I said….” “No. No. No…” She silenced him with one hand, and Clyde found himself obeying her. “You break into my house, you tell me all this bullshit, but you are planning to ruin my life? Is that it?" “You are …” She cut him off again. “You think you can waltz into my life and…and…” She stammered. “You had this planned all along?” “Yes, and why does it matter?" “Why does it matter?” Her eyes were wide with fury. Clyde hissed. “In case you haven’t noticed, I am the Alpha of this pack. I will not take a human as my Luna,

Clyde did a double take, positive that he misheard Emma. “You what?”She turned her head to him and took her time repeating herself. “I’m going to file an arrest warrant on you if you don’t stop showing up everywhere I go.”“Everywhere you go? It’s been a week since I heard from you.”Emma blinked. “Well, I would love to keep the distance. You clearly do not understand when a person is intentionally ignoring you.”Clyde glared at her. It had been a week since she furiously walked out on him during their visit to his pack house. He sensed that it was the result of Emily's action which might have caused Emma to become jealous. He had wanted the visit to go successfully. However, Emily couldn't just stop taunting Emma. She didn't take it well.She had been avoiding him since the visit and had taken extra measures to shut him out of her life. The first was his realization that she had her windows fixed with anti-burglary locks. Although it wouldn’t stop him from visiting her when he wante

Clyde stared at the humans approaching them with fury. He slowly curled his hand into a fist beside him and his jaw locked. Dark veins began to circle his eyes and his chest was rising and falling. There was no doubt that they were coming to attack them. The sun was setting and darkness was creeping over the sky. He was right. Trailing Jim was a bad idea, but Emma didn’t listen to him. She always objected to whatever he said to feed her ego. She was a stubborn, weak girl whose actions got her into trouble always. If she had simply listened to him, he wouldn’t have had to kill the humans approaching them. But then, he couldn’t bear such disrespect. No matter how stubborn she was, he couldn’t let the humans fiddle with his strength and authority. He was an Alpha, and he would act like one. With his eyes focused on them, he realized that they were armed as they drew nearer and their proximity was closing up. From the corner of his eyes, he could feel Emma trembling. He could hear her