"Alessandra, I need to get up." Octavius half-heartedly pulls at my arms that are wrapped around his waist, trying to keep him in bed for just a little bit longer.

"Five more minutes." I groan, but he wiggles out of my hold, and I sit up, a pout on my bottom lip. He stands up straight looking down at me. He is so damn adorable, his hair a delicious mess. His eyes shift from my eyes to my lip, and he bites his slightly before smiling.

"I promise you, this will be the last time I say no to staying in bed with you."

"Good." I kneel on the bed, and wrap my arms around his bare waist. I nuzzle my head into his chest, and bite slightly on the muscular surface. He jumps and I giggle, leaping off the bed.

"Ow." He says in mock-pain, rubbing the slight bite mark on his chest.

"It's practically a hickey." I tease, winking at him as I pull my hair up, going to the bathroom to wash my face.

"Oh, love," Octavius appears behind me in the mirror, wrapping an arm around my waist, and moving a few baby hairs away from my neck. I shiver into him, closing my eyes slightly. "If you want, I can show you what a real love bite looks like." His lips hover against my skin.

"It wouldn't be very professional though."

"Buzzkill." He grins and smacks my butt lightly, and I gasp in surprise.

"Octavius," My voice turns serious. "What are we going to do about your father?"

In an instant, the smile drops from his face, revealing a frown I just want to wipe away.

"The only thing I can do is attempt to meet with him. To ask him how the fuck he's alive. It's also a legal matter, his pack is undocumented illegally."

"Do you really think he'll agree to meet with you?"

"He doesn't have much of a choice. He could literally see how much larger and stronger we are, but my father is very unpredictable, I have to plan this very carefully if I'm going to keep my pack safe. But this will all be discussed in the meeting which," he looks to the clock on the wall, "began five minutes ago. Shit."

He rushes back into the room, and I follow, and dress myself in a simple pair of jeans and a dark maroon blouse. Once we are both dressed and presentable, we walk to the meeting room once again.

"You're late, Alpha Octavius." Kane's voice rings across the room like a banshee.

"I had other priorities, Kane." Octavius growls, pulling my chair out for me before seating himself.

"We need to discuss how we are going to meet with Titan." Octavius declares, setting his fists down on the table.

"Well, Alpha Octavius-" Kane begins to interrupt.

"I had a few ideas of my own, Kane, I believe that we should be tactful, maybe draw him here, or find some sort of common ground between the boundaries."

"But Alpha Octavius-"

"Or possibly we could kidnap one of his members, someone he holds of value, maybe his beta or-"

"ALPHA OCTAVIUS." Kane shouts, throwing his arms out in frustration.

Octavius goes silent, growling slightly.

"Kane?" He asks through gritted teeth.

"There will be no need for tactics, Octavius. We received word that ten minutes ago, Titan and his men were nearing the boundary lines. Titan has sent a messenger to demand a meeting once he reaches the pack house."

"And we're just permitting Titan to enter the territory?" I snap, and all eyes turn to me.

"Alessandra, apologies, Luna, I think it would be better to meet Titan at an anticipated time, rather than have a spontaneous attack."

"I will meet with him, I do not want an obvious or blatant guard appearance."

"Actually, Alpha, Titan has requested to meet with someone else, alone."

"Who would Titan want to meet with, if not me?" Octavius hisses through clenched teeth.

Kane's eyes scan the room, and then fall directly on me.

Oh god no.

"Titan says he will meet and only meet, with the Luna."