"You're looking for a distraction..."
The words slipped from my mouth before I could stop myself, and I flinched as I expected Alpha Walker to rebuke me.
He laughed warmly and nodded.
"I know. I know that, Sienna...believe me."
"How can you be so calm about it? You know you're in denial about Lady Katelyn, and yet..."
":..I am not in denial about losing my Mate," Alpha Walker was significantly less warm when he interrupted me. "I am heartbroken about what happened to her, and I don't expect you to understand my response to this because I don't even understand it myself. I loved her - I will love her for the rest of my life - but I can't let myself get caught up in grief and misery when I have a Pack to lead."
"But...it hasn't even been a week," I whispered, and Alpha Walker's strikin
