Cole- Sorry, I couldn’t let you two go through with this.Sebastian- I owe you one if this works.Cole- Don’t forget that man.Cam- Cole is really sorry, but he wants us.Temperance- I thought we agreed on Milo.Cam- No, you agreed and refused to listen to anything I had to say.Temperance pushes her away as they enter the Alpha office.“Want to tell me why Cole is under the impression that the two of you were about to formally reject each other?” Zachary demand.“I don’t trust him,” Temperance answers simply.“What does Cam say?” Janice asks.Temperance doesn’t answer.“Cole is sorry Tempe,” Sebastian tells her.“We need to continue the ceremony so that we can have a clean break, and both get second chances,” Temperance ignores Sebastian.“If you do this, I will not let you be Alpha,” Zachary tells her. “Sebastian will be named my sole heir.”“Then, I will challenge him,” Temperance says matter of factly. “Either way, I become Alpha without Sebastian.”“You admitted that you allowed
Cam- Mark him too.Temperance- What is happening?Cam- Mark him!Temperance- What is happening?Cam- Sorry, Babe. I love you!Cam pushes forward and sinks her teeth into Sebastian’s neck.“NO!” Milo yells and tries to pull them apart, but Zachary and Janice pull him back. “She is mine. She is my mate.”“She is his mate, and their wolves chose for them,” Janice tells him. “I always liked Cam and Cole. Now, I know why.”She and Zachary share an approving look as Cole and Cam seal their marks.“What happened?” Temperance asks, holding her mark.“Your wolves decided to take matters into their own hands. Happy Eighteenth Birthday, you are Marked by your fated mate,” Zachary smiles.“NO! No, no, no, no, no, no,” Temperance looks at Milo.“He forced her, it doesn’t matter, he forced his mark on her,” Milo yells, pulling Temperance to him.“I’m sorry, Milo,” Temperance cries, clinging to him.“Her wolf accepted it. It’s not forced,” Zachary tells them.Sebastian pulls at Temperance, but she a
“Guests,” Zachary bellows as the dessert plates are cleared. “I acted rashly and in bad faith. My fear that my daughter and her mate would reject each other was unfounded and baseless. As you can see.”Temperance and Sebastian join him on stage. The assembled crowd cheers, seeing them hand in hand, smiling, sporting beautiful fated mate marks.“Thank you all for staying and understanding,” Temperance speaks clearly and proudly. “My mate and I welcome you tonight, to not only celebrate our 18th birthdays, but also to celebrate our mating and elevation to the positions we were born to.”Everyone again claps as Temperance and Sebastian face Zachary and Janice.“Sebastian Timberman, do you understand the role of Beta within Biczi Pack?” Janice asks her son as tears ,fill her eyes. Terry should be doing this.“I do. The Beta assists the Alpha in all things. Protecting the humans from rouges and maintaining a diplomatic relationship with both werewolves and humans for the betterment of all
“Get out, Sebastian,” Temperance tells him.“No,” Sebastian looks determined. “I'll sleep on the sofa, but I’m not leaving you alone tonight.”Cam- He knows you are hurting.Temperance- I’m hurting because of him.Cam- No, you aren’t. Temperance, he loves you.Temperance blocks her and turns to Sebastian.“I'm the Alpha of this Pack and what I say goes, get out,” Temperance tells him.“I'm your mate, your Alpha tone and commands have no effect on me in private. I’ll submit in public. I’ll be the most loyal Beta in all the world,” Sebastian crosses the room and stands in front of her. He runs his fingers threw her hair. “But in private. Here, in our room. No.”Cam- This is HOT!Temperance- Have some self-respect girl.Cam- I bit his ear almost off and he still wants us. It’s hot. Let’s mate with him.Temperance- NO!Cam- You are marked, your heat will take care of it in about two weeks. “Sleep on the couch,” Temperance tells him. “Fine, no problem,” Sebastian starts to undress. “Y
Cole- Ok, Casanova, what now.Sebastian- Figure out what happily ever after means to her.Sebastian picks up the phone and calls Zachary on his retirement trip to Paris.“Less than 24 hours, I win,” Zachary answers laughing.“Damn it!” Janice laughs.“You called at the perfect time. We are in between rounds,” Zachary laughs.“Gross!” Sebastian groans, then he hears a hand slap bare skin. “Double gross.”“What did you do?” Janice asks.“I need to know what happily ever after looks like to Tempe,” Sebastian sighs.Sebastian hears as both parents sit up and get serious.“What do you mean?” Janice asks.“There was an issue, Tempe handled it like a champ. It was amazing to watch, but she said that I stole her happily ever after. I just want to show here I didn’t, that she can have a happily ever after with me,” Sebastian pauses and when Janice speaks, he hears her smile.“Seb that is really sweet. Tempe just wants to be loved. She wants to be swept off her feet, to forget she has the weigh
“We can’t just walk up to her and stab her. The other Alphas would have us killed instantly,” Milo tells Lucius. “I know that, but it doesn’t mean that I don’t want to walk up to her and stab her. She is going to let more and more humans return home. Every Biczi Alpha believes wolves and humans can live together in harmony,” Lucius rolls his eyes and shakes his head.“We move our forces to the border in the neutral zone, our allies do the same,” Milo points to the spot on the map.“What allies? No one seems to agree with us. This is going to be you and me brother. Our pack and only our pack. We need to do what our uncle did,” Lucius looks Milo in the eyes. “We hire rogues.”Milo cringes. “You know what happened. If we hire rogues and fight alongside them, Temperance will do the math and an angry Temperance is more deadly than a sane one.”“She is smart, but we won’t give her a chance to figure it out,” Lucius reminds his brother. “We kill her. Poison, maybe. Slip wolfsbane into her wi
Sebastian watches as Temperance walks away with the group she came with.Cole- We can follow at a safe distance.Sebastian- You have a bad feeling too?Cole- Kent has always wanted to get her, and she isn’t thinking clearly. I don’t want anything bad to happen to her.Sebastian- She would likely be thinking more clearly if you and I had not just pissed her off. I told you coming here was a bad idea.Cole- We beat them here by twenty minutes. They took the long way on purpose.Sebastian knows Cole is right as he walks to the club.“Sup, Beta,” the bouncer nods and lets Sebastian in without making him wait.Sebastian makes his way to the bar and orders a beer. It doesn’t take long before his chest is tight, and he is uncomfortable. Sebastian shakes it off until a shooting pain hits his heart.Cole- BETRAYAL!Sebastian forces himself to look at the dance floor. He sees Temperance holding a kissing Kent. He wants to stop her, to punch him.Cole- Go get mate!Sebastian pushes Cole down, al
Temperance stares at the rogue as a smirk creeps onto his face. “We need to get MY dad on the phone,” Temperance says to Sebastian who hands her the phone already connected to Zachary. Temperance chuckles, Sebastian is the perfect Beta. “Hey Tempe talk to me,” Zachary tells her. Temperance walks away as she explains everything.“I really think this is Reynolds Pack,” Temperance tells him. “Relalitation from Milo?” Zachary asks. “Milo or Lucius for the insult. I mean Seb did cross a line Dad. It was a forced marking,” Temperance tells him. “No Cam accepted it, second if they was true the attack would have centered on Seb not you,” Zachary explains. “Our wolves are identical. Only a few people know how to tell us apart. I’ll bet some warriors don’t even know,” Temperance looks up and sees Kent and his birthday party buddies walking toward her. She holds up her hand and they stop. “If you are right then you need to secure the borders. Ask President Coffee to send troops to the hu