PACK RULE #9: FATE COMES SECOND FOR A SINGLE DADI didn’t move to Cooper Valley for love.I’m here to raise my daughter in peace, work at Wolf Ranch, and keep my wolf on a tight leash.Because I don’t have time for distractions. Or complications. And definitely not both in the form of a female.Joy is my new next-door neighbor—sweet, sexy, and entirely off-limits.She always has a messy bun and a laugh that melts steel.She makes my little girl giggle like I’ve never seen before.She makes me burn with need.She’s sunshine. I’m thunderclouds.I tell myself I’m too gruff, too brooding, too busy being a father to want her.But my wolf doesn’t care about rules. He thinks she belongs to him.He knows she smells like fate… and tastes even better.How can I stay away? In the end, it seems fate will decide for me.