Burning Desire

Chapter 29

Cara

I am holding on to Jace, who is breathing hard and clearly very upset.

“What did you do?” his father yelled at him.

“I did what normal wolves do; I mated and marked my mate,” he replied.

“You are not a normal wolf, Jace; you are an alpha!” his father shouted.

“So alphas can’t have fated mates?” Jace asked, anger dripping from every word.

“If that mate is of rank, then yes. If she is a lowly omega, then she weakens the Alpha! I did not raise you to be weak!” his father boomed.

Jace broke free from my hold, approached his dad, and pushed him so hard that his father went sailing backward to the ground.

“Don’t you dare insult my mate; you do not know her!” Jace said fiercely.

Jace’s father looked at him in surprise but remained silent.

I walked over to Jace and placed my hand on