~ Marco/Mark ~ It was a long day. I hadn’t told Esme that my father had appointed me as the new Alpha from months ago. I even asked Jane, Helen, Jeff, Franklin, and everyone Esme knew to call me Beta if she was in our pack. I didn’t mean to lie, but I didn’t want to give her more pressure than she should handle. My Esme had been working well with the young women here. I was so proud of her. When I met those young women, they would praise her—about her kindness, patience, and friendliness. I knew from Jane and Helen mainly that they and the rest of the young women under her supervision had acknowledged Esme as our Luna. They had called her Luna, which started two years ago. I told my father about it, and he was also so proud of his future daughter-in-law. I was about to meet him today.