-Keith-
“I’m not sad,” she said. “I’m happy.”
“Happy?”
My mother’s words echoed in my mind as I downed another drink and poured myself another.
“You could have told me.”
“Told you what?”
“That you had found your mate!”
The next voice in my head was my father’s. He was so pleased. They both were. I had found my mate! Let everyone know—Keith Holden was finally settling down.
“Now you can finally step up.”
Step up? What on earth was he talking about? I wondered, as my head began to spin and everything blurred. Oh, right... now I remembered.
“Yes, your mate has clearly redirected your focus from this destructive path. With her, you’re now ready to take your place as the next alpha. I’m so pleased you’ve put those troubling ways behind you.”
There it was—just as always, he wanted me
