Jake after seeing Isabelle smile at him and burst into giggles was assured that Isabelle was happy with Mable's care and so let the two she-wolfs go and do their own thing. He couldn't help but feel protective over his mate after everything she had been through but he had to remind himself Isabelle was an Alpha too and needed him to respect her strength and allow her to develop her independence that had so long been denied to her, so when Isabelle disappeared up the stairs he fought the urge to follow her and went to his office and summoned his Beta Carl so he could focus on pack business for a while to take his mind off Isabelle.
" You summoned me Jakey ?" Carl chuckled as he slipped into the Alpha's office. " Jakey, you haven't called me that since we were teenagers" Jake smiled gestu
