My Secret, My Bully, My Mates

Chapter 0233

"So, let me get this straight. I'm going to go into meetings about pack safety, give my opinion to pack Elders and Alphas who are decades older than me, like what | have to say is more important and then c*ck block them from throwing their daughters at Xander"

"In a nutshell, yes. It's a good thing you are strong willed and don't mind giving your opinion freely when asked for it."

He smiles at me again and winks.

"You are getting far too much pleasure out of this. What's in it for you?" | ask playfully.

"I have been with the Royal family since my mate died." A look flashes across his eyes, but before | can give him any sympathy he holds his hand up. "No need, it was a long time ago, but my wolf died with him and the Alpha King and Luna Queen took me in and offered me protection. I have become an adopted part of their family and | love Xander like a favorite nephew. I have seen what the ranked politics look like and how bad it really can get when wolves start messing with the Goddess' plan. I don't want that for Xander. I want him to have what I had with my mate. Even with all the pain that followed his passing, I wouldn't trade it for anything. You seem to care about him and want nothing more than friendship, and just that has you in my good graces along with the Luna Queen."

my relationship to

all morning, or is

of them are, how could I put this, old school? They don't like women in the planning meetings in general, and you are young, but times are changing. We have two female Alphas amongst us now and as you have seen about a third of our Elite Warriors are female. It only makes sense that those same Elite Warriors would become part of the safety and defense team that keeps the Royal family, the Royal Pack and our surrounding

basically confirmed there will be people who are going to actively belittle and degrade me, while also trying to not offend the Alpha King. Maybe it is better that no one told me, I would have been overthinking this thing the whole

last time, we head down an semi-hidden gravel drive

hadn't seen the

my expression, Barty smiles, "You get to use the super secret entrance from now on. Now more mundane front door entrances for

when all of the elitist people here start trying to figure out who you are and where you