Alpha Zane's POV

Strange, but I can feel my body tense and my heart is beating unusually fast. I look around, I'm alone in my office, there's nothing that could be the reason for that.

For the past few hours, I've been working frantically to catch up with the papers on my desk and tackle some urgent matters in the pack. The past week I've hardly been around, Mercedes had it going again and wouldn't let me leave.

Her eighteenth birthday cannot come soon enough. Then I can have her here in the pack with me and be around me all the time. My mate is very affectionate. When she...