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Arden and Aurora stood in the Alpha office along with Rich and Roger. Arden had asked the previous Beta to join them as well. His father had decided to retire to a small house on the edge of the territory. It was not exactly a cabin, but it was close.

Arden had tried numerous times to get Mason to return to the pack house. Mason has graciously declined the invitation. Arden wondered if his pride played a part in why he would not return. Lila had put such a hold on him and Mason thought that the entire pack thought of him as weak now.

Arden was unsure if the rest of the pack felt this way, but he knew that it was not all of is father's fault for being deceived by Lila. Mason had been distraught with pain when Arden's mother, Charlotte, had died. Losing one’s mate was the worst thing in the world for a wolf.

"Still nothing?" Arden asked Roger. Arden had asked Roger to request his father's presence at this meeting, however, by the shake of his head, Arden knew that even Roger was n