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But this defect of mine is the one thing that sends him over the edge. And he smelled the lie.
I squeeze my eyes shut, trying to push away the pain. I’m not about to tell him about Lauren. I’ve already been warned to stay away from her by our alpha.
And my dad doesn’t want me to even think about a human female.
The moment we figured out I had the family defect, he started drilling into my head the need to mate with an alpha she-wolf.
Forget about finding your fated mate. You lock down the most alpha female you can find as soon as possible and start breeding her. We need to clear our line of this defect, he always told both me and Austin.
Of course, I argued it made more sense for me not to have pups at all, but he disagreed. He wants to conquer this thing by breeding it out of our line.
It’s weird and fucked up but, basically, his entire purpose in life. His mother had it, and it’s the reason he became a doctor.
“It’s just the full moon,” I grunt.
My dad is silent. He knows I’m still lying. I expect him to get up and stand on me. Use alpha command to make me talk.
Seconds tick by. I master my breathing. My vision starts to clear. I open my eyes.
My dad’s head is cradled in his hands in a vision of defeat.
His disappointment is so much fucking worse than his anger.
“I’ll get it under control,” I promise without any hope of it being true.
“You have to, son.”
“I will.”
“I’m trying to help you, but if you want me to back off, I will.”
My eyes burn. “No.” I sound strangled. “I appreciate it, Dad. I just… I think I need to run right now.”
“Run where?” His voice is sharp, like he knows what I’m planning.
Suspects where I’ve been going every night when I sneak out my window. Knows that I need to get close enough to Lauren to catch her scent again.
I drag myself to my feet. I can only see out of my periphery, but I’m getting better and better at hiding it. “Just out.” I bounce on the balls of my feet. “I need to release my aggression from the game.”
“Go on, then.” He sounds tired. Like he regrets ever having me and passing this gene deficiency on.
I pull on my clothes.
Fuck. If my dad is this disappointed in me for something I can’t control, how would he feel if he found out I’ve been defying him? That my wolf covets a human?
A human who has seen my wolf.
Worse still, I failed to wipe her memories and have no leverage over this girl. It’s not like she loves me or even cares. She has a boyfriend, for fuck’s sake. Some guy I might actually kill if I can’t get my wolf under control.
Lauren
Luke rolls down the window, letting hot air into the Tesla Lincoln and I share. “Let’s stop at my cousin’s frat house on the way. He said they were having a low-key party tonight.”
I’m having the worst fishbowl experience I’ve had since my mom died.
Lincoln and I picked up Luke from Sky Harbor Airport after the Homecoming game, and it’s now close to midnight. I brought Lincoln and made him drive because I wasn’t ready to see Luke alone or even to sit in the front seat with him. The whole thing is so freaking awkward. I’ve put off breaking up far too long that no matter when I do it now, it’s going to feel like the wrong time.
It’s fine because the two of them are good friends. Or they were when we lived in Manhattan.
