Chapter 15

LAKE: "And why are you avoiding Jessika, Lake?" I rolled my eyes and looked away from my laptop screen. I caressed the top of the champagne flute in my right hand with my fingers, while I looked up at her. She stomped into my office with all her authority, and she had every right to. "I neither want nor need a woman, ma. What's the point? I can't have kids with them." I was plain and blunt. "Keep trying! You have to keep trying, Lake. Don't give up so easily, think about me. Almost every high-ranked wolf in the kingdom has something to say about this, they're calling you an incompetent Alpha behind your back. You have to take away this shame." She settled into a chair across my large mahogany table. I leaned out of my chair. "You know me maa, you know small talk never bothers me. I won't be seeing anyone anymore, and that's my decision. I apologize if it breaks your heart." Granny rose up and stomped out of my office, nothing short of enraged. Neil walked in at midday, a pile of docume