Chapter 25

BECK’S POV There aren’t that many ways to become an Alpha. You’re either born an Alpha, or you marry into an Alpha’s family. Mating with Tiana should’ve been my ticket to shedding my second-rate position as a Beta and becoming the Alpha I deserved to be. But Tiana had sisters, and her father, the Alpha of their pack, Silver Blood, was not impressed enough with me to hand over the Alpha role to me. It didn’t matter that Tiana was the firstborn, and by right, her mate should be the Alpha. Her father cared about bullshit like proving myself. It pissed me off to no end, but what could I do? If I wanted to win my future father-in-law’s blessing—and his title, I had to pull out the big guns. And what was bigger than allying myself with the newest, most powerful Alpha in town? My first choice would have been the Alpha of Obsidian howl, but due to his messy history with my ex, Andrea, and that embarrassing spiel at the banquet hall a while back, I figured that Kade Nightshade wasn’t very likel