DISCONTENTMENT

“What are you going to do?” Blake asked.

“No idea.” King shrugged. “She still hasn’t forgiven me for how I denied her. I asked her to stay. I asked for a chance for us to raise the child together. She threw me out of her room.” He sipped from his bottle.

“I need to keep trying, it seems. We have a long time still before the baby comes, and I hope to convince her to change her mind before that happens. I did announce to the pack that she’s my mate, though. So there’s that.”

Fannar scoffed disdainfully. “I can’t imagine they took it jubilantly when you told them, did they?”

King grinned. “Not at first. But as it turns out, I can be very convincing. Look, we haven’t always been the most welcoming clan to Emilia, unfortunately. If I am going to convince her to stay, she needs to know she will be accepted.”

“Looks like you have it all figured out,” Articus said.

“Not as much as I would have liked, but I’m hopeful.”

“What about your fiend in the woods? Any news?” The Yeti raised a brow at k