Ch. 45 A Liability

Elena

“I don’t mean to be harsh or insensitive” Alpha Mitchell mollifies when we all protest at once. “I’m simply stating facts. Are you familiar at all with the pack you’ll soon lead with your mate?”

He directs the question at me but I’m still shaking with fury at his insinuation that there is something wrong with my mates simply because their blood isn’t pure. I take a few deep breaths to calm myself before I venture to speak. It helps that Aspen hasn’t stopped touching me and even Mason looks horrified by his grandfather’s words.

“He told me you enforced traditionalist ideals during your time as Alpha and he’s had to spend every minute since taking over for you combatting the damage you’ve done.” I spit at him, not bothering to mince words.

“That’s true.” He sighs, surprising me when he doesn’t argue the point. “I could give you a long list of things I regret in my life but that won’t change anything now.

“The fact remains that most members of our pack don’t even believ