For a split second, I thought I saw a flash of surprise in his eyes, like a sky full of stars. But in the blink of an eye, it was gone. Had I imagined it?
"What's in it for me?" Jacob put down his book, looking at me with an air of negotiation. I must have been mistaken; this man never showed interest in anything. "What's in it for you is that you'll gain a powerful ally like the Baker family!"
I enthusiastically patted him on the back. "Don't worry. It'll be a marriage in name only. I'm a Beta; I can't smell your scent, and I don't need to be marked! That way, when you meet your destined Omega, you won't have to go through the trouble of removing the mark!"
Both Alphas and Omegas had a gland at the back of their necks. On their wedding night, their partner would bite it, injecting t
