"You can't leave the pack to Thunder, Aiden. You just can't," Charlie said.

Thunder's face was smug and filled with fiery determination as he smirked at Aiden.

"Aiden? You can't."

"Any other claims for Alpha?" Simon asked.

"Aiden. They need change, not Thunder," Charlie said.

"If I do this, I need to start here and you'll be in Hastings and…"

"I'll come here. I'll stay here with you, I mean. If you want me?" Charlie said.

"Are you sure?" He asked.

His voice was more hopeful than he wanted it to sound but then, this was Charlie and the woman he had spent his entire life looking for, without even...