"Thanks to that damn Elder, Ava wants to take on the vampire and witch by herself, without me," I say.

Dad looks stunned. "You see, Dad," I walk over to him, "Ava only mated with me because I worked so hard to prove I was a real alpha. But now everyone's after her."

"I want to protect the woman I'm falling for, the daughter who's stolen my heart," I say, a tear rolling down my cheek. "I want to be alpha more than anything, and I'll make changes here that the Elders ...