If I had an alliance with him, I would have a link to his alliances and then I'll have plenty of wolves to call on fo

e than an alliance with my dad, all in favour of a guy with the same motive?" Natalie snicke

would see how much Dominic needed him and would exploit it. Probably by demanding some of his territories or by insisting he owed him a 'f

what it would mean to mate with me an

's th

o be permanent." And he'd n

hook her head. "Wol

feeling the kind of emotions that kept a mating alive. "Of course, we have to make everyone believe this is the real

d me to mate with you. You just need

o mark you. The second I do, you'll be classed as my mate

cult to break the mating link because she and Trey wouldn't imprint on each other, but it would be very uncomfortable for her wolf. And that was just one of many problems. "Look,

Unless you make him belie

told you, my mate is dead. Everyo

hood friend as their future mate. You'll just ne

Joey, I couldn't shit on his memory like th

k he'd prefer for you to be stuck in mating with a wolf you don't want?

n't seem right

ded to mate. We don't have the time, and given my reputation, it wouldn't look realistic. It would also give your dad ro

ack? Won't they kn

ate." That had made her death all the worse and then he hadn't felt like he had the right to speak of her. Not many knew a complete truth and that was how he li

She might have bristled at that but it would have been hypocriti

stops my uncle from taking over the pack." Unfortunately, not all of them were sup

e as that, was it? No, because her chance came in the form of another big bad Alpha who had a price for his help. Hell, two wolves suddenly wanted to

have felt like she was betraying Joey. Yeah, that might not make a lot of sense given that they were kids when he died, but J

apped in a mating she didn't want. Joey would have wanted, no, expected, her to do whatever

all touchy-feely, they don't spend a minute apart, they smell each other, they wear each other's marks and they have some ki

and that won't be often. Knowing that your freedom from Ray depe

d it all figured