Piper

Lara turns and looks at the room. There are plenty of Alphas here and I would trust any of them, except for Gage. But Lara doesn’t know them.

‘Henry,’ I mouth to her. I told her about my mate, so I’m hoping she’ll choose him. However, she surprises me.

“Can I choose Alpha Gavin, even though he’s underage?” she asks.

My father growls and Gavin jerks beside me, obviously as surprised as I am. Councilman Edward frowns before turning back to confer with the other council ...