Chapter 246

• The Alpha Hale's smile softened, a calculating warmth glinting in his eyes.
• "Well, it just so happens we've got nothing pressing at home today. Why don't you invite that girl over?"
• Jace Hale felt his stomach sink. It wasn't that he didn't want to bring Carmen here-Moon above, if it were that easy, he would've done it long ago. But Carmen was not the type to come running just because someone asked; she was all claws and teeth, and she answered to no one.