Chapter Five

“So, Beta Brayden Smith. And you, Jessica Maverick. What were you two doing when I walked in?” Uncle Uzzi asked with a sly smile as he entered the room.

“Just chatting,” Jess replied in a rush.

“Well, I don’t believe in accidents, and my liebling would say this is positively fortuitous,” the Witch replied.

Hunter and Elissa walked in just after the enigmatic man. Hand in hand as usual, they greeted the older, and much shorter male Witch, with hugs and handshakes.

The ruling Alpha couple of the Maverick Pride were smiling, unable to take their eyes off each other. Their love story was something of a fairytale, the stuff of legends and immeasurable envy, he’d hazard a guess.

That kind of devotion was simply too good to be a common occurrence. Unattainable for anyone else, at least as far as Brayden was concerned.