“Then I will go with her to the apartments and she can give me permission to go up to her place.” He leaned in and I felt his nose graze my neck, and I shuddered. He grinned in triumph again, but it wasn’t need that made me shudder but disgust. I looked up to Rowan, who was watching my reaction and I could see the hurt there; he thought I wanted him. I mouthed ‘Help Me’ to him, letting the panic enter my eyes, and he finally understood. Something was wrong. “Alpha Brandon. While I appreciate you wanting to help your…friend. Toya and Wendy have Amy covered. If you want to help so much, you can stay here with me and the others to help Amy close out the table.” I nearly sagged with relief when he finally understood. I felt Brandon tense, because he didn’t want to let me go, but once Row

