Chapter 208

• After paying for my purchase, I left the store and turned toward Colson’s house, but a familiar face across the street made me stop in my tracks. Alpha Gage Desmond.
• We made eye contact, and I could see that he had recognized me as well. With a tight-lipped smile, I nodded at him, hoping my expression came across as both nonconfrontational and dismissive. After our first two run-ins, he didn’t need any more cause to accost me.
• I turned my head and continued my walk, but from the corner of my eye, I saw that my attempt to disappear had beenfoiled. He strode across the street and stood directly in my path, his arms folded as he looked at me with narrowed eyes.