Kai ‘I need to talk to you,’ my father’s voice rumbles through my mind, activating the mind link. ‘Where did you go to?’ ‘Be right there,’ I answer him through the established connection, careful not to sound too annoyed. ‘Hurry up,’ he barks back, cutting the mind link. I groan against Emma’s lips that I was about to claim and she pouts, with her eyes still closed. “The Beta?” “Yes.” Huffing, I push myself away from her, pulling her into my arms gently. “And stop calling him that.” She laughs, wrapping her arms around my neck and snuggling into my hold. “Sorry, it’s just so strange. Calling someone else ‘Dad’ other than my Dad.” “That will be a hell of a Christmas dinner when you tell them that,” I joke, grinning while shifting on my feet to jump from the roof. Gasping, she

