*Warren’s POV*
Our pack house has never been one that was filled with playful banter or laughter, but today it is unusually quiet, the tension palpable with every step I take towards where he was awaiting feedback. My footsteps echoed through the cold and vacant passage leading to Alpha Cole’s office. I was the Beta to a cold and distant Alpha. There’s no surprise that he was still single at twenty-four. I had done what he instructed me to do, went to Miranda’s pack and threatened her father into giving her to me, and his territory to Cole, as a side effect of the union. Alpha Cole struck a bargain with me. He would back my claim on her with the condition that if I won her hand through a peace offer between our packs, he would take everything else. It was fair, since I didn’t care about a
