After my conversation with Dion, I felt a little better. I had been taught by my mom and my grandparents to always treat women with respect, and never in my life did I think I would speak to a she-wolf the way I had spoken to Sherri. But she just wasn't getting the point, that I wasn't ready for a relationship, unless it was with my mate.
Shaking off the encounter, I headed over to Whispering Pines. By 8:55 a.m., I was in the parking lot waiting for Marcus to come meet me. He came over to the car a minute or so later, looking worried and practically running.
"Hey, buddy," I greeted him. "What's up?"
"Sorry, Todd, we're not going straight to the library," he said hurriedly. "I just got a report of rogues gathering at the southern border." We were at the southwestern border. "I
