•Dahlia• I was twenty when my parents brought up the matter of getting married to River. River had been fresh out of university and there was no sign of him finding his mate. His father, Michael, had been very worried and he was still the alpha of Night Garden at the time. My father had also been the beta of the pack. By the time Michael brought the issue to my father, Gerald, he had already had his eyes set on me for his son. I had been a bit close to the family and was on friendly-ish terms with River. And in the pack, I was already making waves with my good name and reputation. There was no way Michael would have skipped me over and picked somebody else for River. When my parents first told me, I was a bit apprehensive. I was still young, and I still had the time to find my own mat

