My son found his mate, and she was pregnant. While I was excited for my son, my annoyance that I had yet to meet Laila grew stronger each day. Every day had been a battle since Mateo moved many of our pack members into the city to run the company a few years ago. While he took more of the intellectuals than those who were physically strong, it still depleted the numbers of our territory. Mateo was reluctant to listen to his father about the possibility of threats to our pack due to our reduced size. In his mind, we were in a new era where werewolves didn’t kill for domination like they used to. Unfortunately, my son didn’t have a clue how wrong he was. As I looked out of our bedroom window, I contemplated the decisions that brought me to this point. My father was an alpha, and I

