Dagger I went back to the Pack House to parents' and grandma's office as Hope left for training. They were waiting for me, and I felt nervous for the first time in years. I never wanted to disappoint them, but I felt like I would. "I'm so happy for you," my grandma said. "I suspected when I saw how good you were together, but I didn't want to get my hopes up, in case it didn't work." "I can honestly say that I did not expect it. I'm way older than her," I said. "It's not that much, but even if there was a considerable age difference, you are True Mates for a reason, and any age gap would have a reason to be," my mom said. "I know, I know. It's just not what I expected. I mean, I was kind of expecting my True Mate to be an alpha, but I thought it would be something like Ice's and Risk