Ember made her way up behind the others into the drawing room. She had begun to notice how much this place had suited the man. He sat in one of the maroon velvet covered chairs, sipping from a well designed glass. His gaze turned on them when they entered, she was expecting some sort of horrid news, but the man seemed quite relaxed. “Ah, Jackson. Alpha Willow, this is good. You have arrived a full day ahead of schedule. I trust things are going well? Anyway on to business. Tomorrow I formally announce my son as heir. At the end of the ceremony, I will announce Ember as his mate and do a formal marking ceremony, for those to witness. There is some unfortunate business to discuss privately, but that can wait until after. Since Willow is now the Alpha of Harvest Moon in light of her brother

