Chapter Seventeen James POV It's exhausting. These parties. These people. This crowd. And especially this rat faced Elijah. When he intentionally kissed Linda's hand, I wanted to rip his lips off. I knew that he wanted a reaction out of us, and he succeeded in his little tricks. I was only seconds away from lunging and killing him off. Somehow, I was thankful for Michael's interference otherwise the outcome would have been terrible. Especially after I saw Linda's faint flinch. Damn it. I rubbed my face and tried to focus on what the surrounding people were saying. I was stuck in a conversation with the sons of Alphas. Michael had been taken away by Alpha Elijah and dad was nowhere to be seen. Linda had gone, independently, to meet people. Apparently, she did not want to have anyon