Married My Ex's Alpha Uncle

My cheeks flushed even more.

"I guess I lost track of time," I admitted.

"You think?" He asked, his sarcasm wasn't missed, but there was also a twinkle of humor in his eyes, so I didn't think much of it. "I managed to see some of the work you've started and your scheduling. You've gotten a lot done. I'm quite impressed."

"I've barely scratched the surface," I told him, chewing my bottom lip a bit nervously.

"You've done more than I've done for them. I've been putting most of those things off because they weren't my priority at the moment. Thank you for helping me out."

It was at that moment I realized his wounds were gone.

"You've been healed," I said simply.

He glanced down at his body before nodding.

"My wolf worked all night to heal my wounds," he explained. "I'm an Alpha; we don't stay injured for long."

I nodded, thoughtfully.

"I see," I said, keeping my bottom lip between my teeth. "Where are you off to this morning?" I found myself asking.

"I am training with the warriors and Alphas this morning," he answered. "We are preparing ourselves for any future rogue battles so injuries like yesterday don't happen again." "Will Shirley be there?"

hated how pathetic it was. I immediately wanted to take back that question, but his brows pinched together and

he answered. "She is an Alpha as

at my hands.

hardened and he sounded almost sharper than

my head, trying to save myself from

It's just that you don't have any female warriors and I wasn't sure if there was a reason behind that," I

He raised his brows.

and are meant to be protected by the males," he told me as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Now it was

of defending themselves in a battle. There are quite a few in this

to

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well. Are you really going to deny your pack that?" I asked him,

genuinely surprised by

train with the gammas?" He asked. "Why would they want that when

if they are caught alone? A rogue attack could happen anywhere at any time. Nobody is safe and that's been proven in the past—" "We are doubling our patrol," he told me, cutting off my

if that doesn't work?" I asked him. "What then? What if the rogues invade and

"That won't happen-"