As per tradition, it was mandatory that at the age of eighteen, the mantle of the alpha be passed down to the young one while the interim alpha continued to guide behind closed doors. Alan was now eighteen, he had found his mate and accepted her, and although their bond was farce he believed it since he couldn't feel a thing for anyone else. he had managed to lay dead his doubts about Clare not being his mate and even when his father confronted him, he remained adamant.
"Dad, I'm eighteen now and we both know I cannot succeed you as the alpha without a mate," he said to his dad the day after he had been chased out of Adam's home by Emilia's parents.
Chase looked at him and shook his head in utter disappointment, not only had his son given up on trying to find out the truth about his mate
