Alessandro is in a tree close to Piper, Christian, and Christos's packs, as he has done every night since he found her. Being close to her keeps him calm. It angers him when he thinks of the twins making love to her. All he can think about is killing them. He’s looking at Piper and her mother sitting on the patio, drinking iced tea. His head snaps when he hears a footstep running fast toward the pack. Alessandro teleports to a tree closer to the noise. He’s looking at about twenty-something rogues shifting to their human form. His eyes go to a short Hispanic man, and “Acosta Ruiz, I wonder what brings him here.” “Remember, kill everyone but the Alpha Piper. We were paid to deliver her unharmed.” Acosta is looking around at his men. One of the men shook his head. “Taking her isn’t going t

