Carlotta's eyes widened in surprise at Alpha Walker's words - that she should just ask if she wanted to spend the night at him - and she stared at him with her lips parted slightly.
"I... there's no need to be so forward, Alpha. I'm not here for anything other than to serve you the meal you missed, and I am certainly not here for sex."
There was a lingering moment of eye contact between Alpha Walker and Carlotta that left me with no doubt about what their relationship had been prior to Lady Katelyn's arrival. Bringing him the meal he had missed, along with her own, was not the act of a servant; it was the thoughtful gesture of a former lover.
"Of course, you are," his voice was flat and emotionless, "that's what this always was, wasn't it? You were never as subtle as you thought when y
