Miscalculations

Richard’s POV:

I couldn’t believe what the Elders had told me to do.

It was a simple ultimatum.

And it was one that spelt the death of either my relationship with Arielle, or my time as Alpha of the Redding Pack.

They had asked me to reject Arielle, or lose my title as Alpha of the Pack. What was it that I could do against them?

It was infuriating; I felt like tearing my hair out with the way that everything was just seemingly being against us.

Even my explanations that Leon and Arielle had not had a mating ceremony and that he had rejected her a long time ago, didn’t help in whatever way. It was the only plan, the risk that I took, and it had not paid off.

Now here I was, watching my mate in restless slumber. She looked beautiful still, but I could the by the way her face looked so pale, that she had spent all her energy in crying.

Lilian was not around, having gone to find some clothes for her to wear. We were in Darren’s and her home after all. It was the closest place to the Hall w