Chapter One Hundred and Seventy Two

Chapter One Hundred and Seventy Two

“What?” I demanded, my eyes narrowing at him.

“That didn’t quite come out how I planned, I’m sorry. It is not a demand; you are free to refuse.”

“I can’t marry you; I don’t even like you,” I said blandly.

“Love is never a big part of many marriages,” he says.

“So then why would you want me as a wife?”

“Your influence; you don’t seem to notice it, but you are the werewolf queen.”

“Not anymore”

“Many would always see you as that.”

“And so you plan to do what?; Use me to increase your pack status?”

“If you want the truth, then yes.”

He didn’t hesitate; I should be irritated by his request, but strangely, I wasn’t. At least he was making his intentions clear from the very start; he would only let me attain power capable of making me his equal if I agreed to be his wife, and this way benefiting the pack. Thane never did this.

Still, his request had caught me by surprise. “You can take as long as you need to think about this,” he said.

“There won’t be any need for that; my answer is no.”

by my offer.”

“I respect your decision. But I wonder why you seem so shocked by my

other very much, and I… don’t think

was something more,” he says, seemingly satisfied

was the age difference?”

smart, and yes.”

you, if I might ask?”

“Almost forty”

don’t look it,” I lied. He did look it. Nick seemed to spot that lie; though

longer you stare at him, the more you

was that love… love was something that might never come

but here… here I could be happy; I didn’t have to be worried abou have to keep

thinking about them always left a dull ache in my

Thane be doing

Hen

some girl; I was sure he

gave myself so many excuses, but the truth is

get married,” I began. “We don’t have to.

my

hiding the blush on my cheeks with my hair. “If you don’t

what if you

different; the title could be passed to anyone fit; the pack needs a

don’t have to…”

with me, nor

I hated how familiar this sounded; with Thane, we had been joined only by a contract; he’s felt too close to that, but then I thought of all I had to gain.

it worth it?

sure about it, but maybe

marry

at my

“Yes”

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