Jake’s POV
“For Angel to take the royal alpha power, she must be crowned. Though to be crowned, she must be marked by a mate. And you know as well as I that you can only mark a she-wolf while completing the mating process.” As soon as Carl had said that, I instantly saw red. I was beyond angry, and so was Hunter.
Who the f**k did that selfish, self-acclaimed Alpha Jason think he was. I had sent Benson to fetch Angel’s aunt and uncle to my office. I needed the truth, and I needed it now. I knew Angel was the granddaughter of the Moon Goddess, so maybe I should have figured it out; then I could have protected her. I can’t change the past, but if I could, I would have made her stay in the guest quarters the night before her birthday, then this wouldn’t be happening.
‘How could I not have n
