My eyes widened as I looked at the furious alpha. He was breathing heavily, his hand encircled tight around Patti's wrist. He pulled her up into his arms against his chest.
She settled into his arms like she belonged there, although she still stared at me with the same love she always did. For a moment I was struck by the same similarities between them. Her hair was darker than his, her skin paler, but their eyes… their eyes were a near identical match.
I tried to form a coherent thought. What on earth was he talking about? Patti was my daughter and had been for the past five years.
"Why are you being so mean to my mommy?" Patti asked, looking up at Lionel with wide, innocent eyes.
"What?" Lionel asked with a furrowed brow. He looked at Patti, with an expression that was somehow both b
