Taj is in the den with Jose, who is Mindy's Beta. Jose and Mindy grew up together, and their parents are best friends. Jose's father was also the Beta to Mindy's father. Jose told Taj the reason they were there. Taj told him they wasted a trip, and he and Niam weren't lying about the Alphs having a mate. And even if the Alpha didn't have a mate, he would never settle with a woman that he didn't have feelings for.
Jose wasn't surprised about that. He had told Mindy on the way there not to expect Alaric to accept her offer. But she was hell-bent on coming there. Mindy's father refused to make Mindy the official Alpha of the pack until she finds her mate.
When they heard a scream coming from Alaric's office, neither man moved. Jose thought Mindy said something stupid to Alaric, and the res
