Rory My head was spinning after the events of today. Somehow, despite how much I should hate this alpha, how much I should want to rip his throat out, I felt empathy for him. Not quite pity but my heart would always hurt learning that someone was taken and mates were separated. I couldn't sense any lies off his tongue. His heart rate was steady, his breathing was normal. If he was a liar, he was a damned good one. Which in a sense, he was lying. To everyone. He was playing Cornelius while essentially going undercover to save his mate. He is doing what Jeremy does, just not as tactfully. Not with a larger goal. A singular goal. I could relate in a sense to the Alpha. I didn't even know his name. He had told me as such before. His story aligned with his actions. He didn't want to grow att