♤...Ashton...♤ "So let me get this straight," I was livid. "You want me to just stay here… for three whole days, without my f*****g mate!?" I was furious. "Who's gonna watch her at home?" We can not let this happen! "And she can't eat? For three f*****g days!?" "Ashton!" Maxine yelled, no doubt about to scold me for my blatant disrespect to my grandfather—the head of our pack. The Alpha… but he had had enough too. "That's alright, Max." He spoke with his teeth clenched, "Though I do not approve of your tone, I do appreciate your concern for your mate." "Alpha." She urged him with sympathy for me. "You have already disrespected me enough for one day. You will sit there and shut up while I speak. Is that clear?" He stood up and loomed over me. If there was one thing about my grand

