(Mason’s POV)
I caught the look on Jessie’s face and just laughed even harder as I said, “I’m not crazy, Jess. Don’t you get it?” “Ummm, apparently not. Enlighten me.” She said, stone cold serious.
I gave her a curious look but I still went on to say, “If Carl isn’t my brother, then that explains an awful lot. Like why he doesn’t have a gift, for example. And one of the things every potential king must do is take a mate. That’s why mom wanted me to find my mate. So they could pass the crown to me and my new queen…
…But in order to do that, you have to blood with your mate, even if they are a chosen mate, and then the two of you have to submit yourselves to the elders council for testing. It’s all part of the ascension process.” “Wait, there’s a process? I thought it was just a birthrigh
