The ice cream social was an exercise in patience for Carrie, who struggled the entire time against the mate pull. She felt Desmond’s eyes on her as she worked her way through the room, making time to chat with each Alpha in turn - though most of them were uninterested in her. For her part, Carrie was really only interested in one wolf - Desmond - but she knew that if she so much as looked at him she wouldn’t be able to keep herself from going to him.
Those Alphas who were interested in her, however, were as persistent as the sinking feeling in her soul every time she turned her back to her mate. If she thought that her rude interaction with Alpha Jaxon would keep him at bay, she was disappointed to discover this wasn’t the case. In fact, once Alpha Frank approached her, Alpha Jaxon sudden
