Chapter 173

Alex POV

I climbed out of bed and left Stormy breathing softly as she curled into a ball. I marched downstairs. Yesterday had not been a good day for me. My wolf was getting out of control, and I gave in to my desires for the Little Wolf upstairs. I couldn’t promise her anything! Yet, I’d be damned if I let anyone else touch her.

“Where’ve you been?” I asked Ryan coldly as I entered the kitchen.

“You were with your she-wolf and I was with mine,” Ryan responded.

Or one of his many she-wolves.

“We need to visit the old Alpha. It’s time. We need to know our enemies.”

Ryan folded his arms over his bare chest. “It’s all business with you, Alex. I bet you have a beautiful she-wolf in your bed, but all you think about is work. I wonder who it is because it’s not Xena.”

“How do you know it’s not Xena?”

Ryan smirked. “Because she was with me. She’s pretty mad at you for not taking her bait.”

“I’m not interested in her lik