After a while, she asked a curious question. “Do you think your father might still change his mind? He might lift your banishment and allow you to visit home someday. Do you still want to go back?”
She carefully watched his expression, and she saw a mix of pain and hope.
It’s not as if he hasn’t thought of those things. “I don’t think he will. With no one to welcome me, I don’t think I belong there. I might want to see them one day, but not anytime soon. Right now, here is my home. With you.”
Damn. He was smooth with the delivery of those lines and it melted her heart. She wasn’t done yet, though.
“If they ask you to become their alpha, though, what would you do?”
Jared shook his head and bitterly smiled, “I don’t think they will.”
“But if they did?” She persisted, feeling a ne
