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“Are you rejecting me as an alpha or her father?” Tetrim asks, daring to meet Jang’s eyes.
Oh, the boy is dead.
“I wish we had popcorn,” I tell Dom, who nods, looking between Jang and Tetrim.
Jang stands, his power washing through the room. “I will let you have that one comment, but any more and I will think you are challenging me. I always answer as alpha. Quinn can chooseher own mates like any wolf. I will not force one. I never have, father or not. Do you understand me?” His voice is deadly.
Tetrim whimpers, pressed to his chair, his eyes on the floor. “Yes, Alpha. I apologise. I let my feelings get in the way.”
“Do not let it happen again,” Jang warns. “Meeting adjourned.”
Everyone files out. Dom winks at me as he leaves, and I wait until everybody is gone.
The door shuts, and I meet Jang’s eyes. He sighs and rubs his head. “I cannot keep him at bay forever.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll just kill him,” I tease.
Jang groans. “I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that.”
“I’d prefer if you pretended like I didn’t do it.” I widen my eyes, making him chuckle.
“As much as I’d love for you to be able to, you need to deal with this and make it final. He will not stop.”
“I know.” I thought I could just keep outrunning him, but eventually, I’ll tire.
We lapse into silence as I consider my options.
Jang focuses on his paperwork, and my gaze falls onto the photo on his desk. It’s of him and me when I was little. I’m grinning widely up at him.
It was taken just a year after he saved me.
Jang isn’t my father by blood, but by choice.
“I can never repay you for saving me, Alpha, never mind making me one of your family and protecting me. I will not let you down. I will handle this matter and make you proud.”
“Quinny.” He waits until I look at him. “I know you will, and you never have to thank me. You saved us, and you were always meant to be with us. You might not have my blood in your veins, but you are my daughter through and through, never forget that.”
“I won’t,” I tell him, my voice choked. I’ve always felt like I was a part of his family. He healed and loved me as a father would. I’m very lucky he found me. “I better get out there.”
“I’ll join you tonight. Don’t be in a rush to be alpha because there is so much bloody paperwork,” he gripes, making me laugh as I head out, leaving him to it.
After checking in with patrols, I head for dinner, slumping into one of the benches as I eat two plates of burgers and fries. Our metabolism runs high, which means we eat a lot. I like my meat raw, but when I’m human, cooked meat is better, and no one’s cooking is better than my mum’s.
When I’m done, I wave goodbye to my table mates and walk into the kitchen, sneaking up on her. “Boo.”
She smacks my side with a yelp. “Quinn!” she scolds before grabbing my plate. “Let me get another?—”
“I’ve had two servings.” I hop up on the counter.
“Only two?” she admonishes, her hands on her hips. Marjorie is just as terrifying as Jang in a maternal way, and Jang is downright terrified of his wife. One of her eyes is white, a scar running through it, and my eyes linger on it in pain.
Jang has a way of collecting and loving broken things.
“I’m full,” I promise. “You should rest.”
“Are you saying I look tired, young lady?” she snaps with a warning in her tone.
I grin widely. “I would never, mainly because I like my metaphorical balls attached to my body.”
