AIDAN

That afternoon, like it had become a habit, we guys gathered in the library.

Honestly, I’d rather be with my freshly marked mate than surrounded by testosterone.

Guess I wasn’t hiding my eagerness very well.

“Pup, no one’s gonna kidnap her from the damn castle! Chill out, man!” my father said, slapping me hard on the shoulder.

I stared at him without saying a word.

Him, of all people, telling me that.

The same man who can’t go thirty minutes without groping my mom.

“I still can’t believe