“Man, I’ve tried. Jacob won’t budge. Did you know that my car can’t even approach the forest road on the way to his territory? He has men scouting those areas, and they would stop me right away. So there’s no fucking way I would be able to reach him.”
“But are you over her?”
“What do you mean? Clair?”
I just nodded my head.
“Way over. I’m not in love with her. I just needed her to appease my father?”
“Can you fucking explain to me why you tried to take Clair from Jacob then? He’s your friend!”
“It wouldn’t be a problem if the fucker told me or everyone else she was his fated mate! At two galas, we were there together. He knew I had my eyes on Clair, but he didn’t say a fucking word! All is fair in love and war unless the female happens to be your fated mate. So what did I honestly do wrong?”
“Your father did. You knewthat!”
He let out a sigh as he stood up from his seat and walked over to the window, looking at the forest line outside. “You can’t choose your father, unfortunately.”
I snorted a laugh before I added, “I’m fucking aware of that.”
“But I keep saying this, and I will keep saying it. I was not aware of the abduction. I went to the Claiming, just to intercept Clair. Because that’s the fucking privilege of the Claiming.”
“And what if somebody comes at the Claiming and tries to intercept Katarina from you?”
“I’ll give them a good fight.”
“You want her.”
“I don’t know.”
“But why her?”
“Same thing with Clair. I need a Luna or I will be stuck in my father’s shadow for the rest of my life. After this Clair fiasco, he hasn’t warmed up to me, blaming me for not marking Clair on the spot after I defeated Beta Gavin. But I would never, ever fucking force-mark anyone! I threatened her, but I would never do that.”
I cleared my throat because I was fucking guilty of the same thing. I threatened to mark Andrea in front of Caspian, but I never had any intention of doing it.
“I’ve been running our pack for the last three years while my father took all the glory. I was getting tired of this. I’m so fucking close to challenging him for the Alpha position, but I still want to respect him as my father. But once I have a Luna, he will step down.”
“But you still didn’t answer my question. So why choose Katarina? You picked her and yet you didn’t even have the audacity to visit or get to know her.”
“It’s purely business. I don’t want to put any emotions between us. I was given a list of single Alpha Females and nobody caught my eyes.”
“Except her.”
“No. Not even her. The only reason I chose her was that she’s Darvin’s sister.”
“And? What if she’s Darvin’s sister?”
“The agreement is betweenDarvin and I. That’s why I don’t want any emotional attachment.” A smug smirk was plastered on his face before he pointed a finger at me. “And you will never know anything about that.”
“Fuck you.”
He laughed before shaking his head. “I’m fucked up already. So, how is it with your mate? And do you still think of Andrea?”
My forehead creased at the mention of Andrea. “Let’s not mention her. She’s totally out of the picture, and my focus is my Luna.”
“You’re smitten.”
“Do you have a problem with that?”
