“I was wrong to try to mark you, I’m sorry,” I hear Seth say to her softly. “I made a lot of mistakes, but we’re going to fix this situation, alright?”
She nods into his chest, her arms wrapped around his middle. Stephen looks a little uncomfortable and I realize it’s because he’s waiting for me to become upset about it.
“Why did he blackmail you to become Beta?” I ask him. “Why wouldn't he try to become the Alpha?”
“That isn’t what he wants,” he says, shaking his head and Seth looks at him, slowly releasing Lydia and stepping back, pulling me to his side. “He’s into some shady s**t. That’s what the whole land dispute is over. The only reason he wanted to be Beta was so he'd have fewer people watching him.”
“So the land isn’t actually yours?” I ask and he shakes his head.
“No,
