His thumb hovered over Irene’s name in his contacts. She had always been there whenever I had stormed out, giving me a place to cool off and vent my frustrations about Claudette. But when Klaus tried to call, the line went dead. He was still on her blacklist.
Irene. She was a friend I treasured. Even in our previous pack, before going to the Snowfall Pack, she was always on my side. And when I found out that I was mated with Klaus, I immediately chose him and went here. Surprisingly, Irene left the Sapphire Valley Pack together with my family when she heard that I was leaving.
Klaus slammed the phone down on the table, his jaw clenched tight. He snarled, pushing at the edges of his control, but he ignored it. Anger bubbled beneath the surface, threatening to erupt.
'Why wasn’t she answering?'
The next day, Klaus walked into the office, his movements stiff and sharp, his usual calm shattered. The first thing he did was turn the photo frame on his desk face down. The picture of us, smiling and happy, was too much to look at.