Ellis
It was time.
It was time to put some pressure on old Alpha Forge to start the official merging of the Two Pillars pack under my Dark Rising leadership. I put on my second-best suit and debated the wisdom of taking that woman with me.
Cecelia Forge was turning out to be much more difficult than I had anticipated. I thought that marking her would be enough to bring her under my thumb. I hadn’t calculated just how stubborn she could be. Nor had I figured in all the other complications and distractions of running a pack. I didn’t have time to deal with a rebellious and insubordinate woman, not while I was trying to convince the elders to remodel the hotel, train my warriors, and manage the finances. Not to mention that three families were petitioning for pack transfer.
They w
