“The whole point of mating with me was to get an alliance with my dad. You can’t let the fact that he’s an asshole get in the way here of your big

plan.”

Yeah, but Gio couldn’t agree to this alliance without feeling as though he was being disloyal to his mate. God knew he’d hurt her enough already.

“Jeremy said a number of other alphas are willing to discuss an alliance. Maybe I won’t need your dad.”

“You’ve never needed him, you’ve never needed this mating,” stated Max.

“Too right,” said Theresa, crossing her arms over her chest, accentuating her cleavage. “She has no place here.”

“No Hart will...