10. AJ

"Dominic isn't your father, AJ," Ryder said and I stared at him with wide eyes before clenching my jaw.

"The hell he isn't," I snarled, "He may be a bastard but he's my father and you can't tell me otherwise,"

"Like I said. I did a little digging and learned that your father is an alpha from California, hence why you were heading in that direction when you crossed onto our territory and met Ajax." Ryder said, "A wolf will lead his pack to their home because it's what the heart yearns."

I shook head in denial at Ryder's words, "not true. Why would he lie to me all this time, then?"

"Because he wants to kill you, plain and simple." Preston answered this time, "that's the only reason he came here and when he knew he couldn't, he walked away but that doesn't change the fact that he's most likely already planning a way to eliminate you once and for all so you don't take your rightful place as Alpha."

"But if Dominic isn't his father than that means that either his mother had an affair or