When Lenox, my father forced me to leave our pack and my Fallon I was heartbroken. I couldn’t understand why he’d make me leave my mate. She was the only one I’d ever love—how could my own father not understand this? I didn’t mind that my future father-in-law was the co-alpha with my father until it was time for them to retire and for me and Fallon to take over. I was comfortable with being a beta for the next 20 years. It felt right this way. The way White Wolf Waya wanted it.
But instead,...