Chapter 82

Kylie POV

While driving back to the Nord pack, my thoughts were occupied by Zoe and Graham. “Why did grandfather grant him freedom?” I asked, irritation lacing my voice.

“His hands are tied, Kylie,” Logan explained. “He can’t make decisions on his own. He has to consult all the Elders before he doles out a decision.”

I let out a frustrated sigh. “I just want to get over this!”

He placed a hand on my thigh and said, “We will. I am sure that the next hearing will be soon. However, do you have anything against Graham and Zoe to implicate them? I mean Zoe is very clever. She obviously has a lot of power over Graham. I’m sure that she must be having something up her sleeve to save herself.”

I looked out towards the river that was meandering through the mountains as we traversed the highway. “There’s not much I can offer right now, but I’ll do my best.”

“Is there anything you would want to share with me?” he asked, squeezing my thigh.

“No… It’s all good…” I said and rested my head back, closing my eyes. “But there’s something else that I wanted to discuss.”

“Sure!” he said enthusiastically.

___”Katy and Ace.” I looked at him to see his reaction. Just like I had expected, he had a frown on his lips.

“What about them?” he asked, not really liking where the conversation was going.

ever considered how they behave around each other? I said,

interest in Ace. As

I asked,

year older than me. He is of Alpha blood and he will eventually leave me to handle his pack. You think I am going to allow Katy to go after him when I

me off guard. “Care

he said, as

It’s better to face it

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mind. I wanted to pester him, but I decided against it. Katy was his younger sister, and he was very protective of her. I wanted to tell him they were mates, but Katy had asked me

long line of royalty. The world has moved forward, but they still like to retain their royal customs and traditions.” He rolled his eyes. Ace’s move to become my Beta instead of embracing his Alpha status has left them unhappy. Ace was my friend ever since we were in college, and he would often come home with me in summers and winters during vacation. I mean, he wouldn’t even go to his parents’ place, which was

“Whoa! Royalty, huh?”

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they aren’t allowing Ace to choose his bride. They want to go the traditional way of selecting a bride for him in

they f ucking

was upset with Ace for not asserting himself and reminding them that we don’t live in ancient times. So he asked me to visit his parents one summer.” Logan shook his head. “Kylie, all his people are so bl oody uppity! They have so many traditions and customs to follow that you won’t be able to survive in that world! Now think, what would happen to Katy? She’s a free bird. And if she takes Ace as her chosen mate, then-” His shoulders bunched up in tension. “Then she will separate from him in the first month because

spine. “This is insane. Katy has

until

mouth shut and bit my tongue because I wanted to say that the ship had

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