Chapter 20
I EXPECTED RUTH TO say something clever. But, instead, she just stood there blinking as George advanced upon her.
“Alpha,” Luke prodded verbally.
Nothing. Not even a flared nostril or a glower.
Okay then. Without having to discuss it, we converged upon Ruth as a unit. Me, Luke, Justice, and Destiny, sliding closer until we had our alpha’s back.
And...she remained dazed and silent. Ruth usually had the tartest tongue of anyone. But this time, she gave George an easy opening to press the suit she’d so ably dodged in the past.
He took that opening...plus another step forward, his smile more feline than lupine. “You’ve made a mistake,” he purred. “Now is the time to build bridges, not burn them.”
Speaking of cats, Ruth should have been showing her claws right about now. When
