Chapter 24

“He would have taken my mother as his mate if she had let him.”

A sharp growl escaped Elaine’s lips. Josh cowered. He might not be the pack’s omega anymore, but he still felt the urge to soothe and comfort, and he fought against that to probe further. The strength of Elaine’s emotions was almost too much for him to bear, but he had to know if Silverbane was his father.

“The family would never have allowed that.” Elaine’s frown deepened. “There would have been endless challenges to Silverbane’s authority. My brother would never be so foolish as to let his lust for a woman destroy all that he had built. He would never have taken her as his mate.”

“Would he have sired her child?”