Page 14 of His Rejected Alpha Mate
“You don’t know?”
“Clearly.” My tone was a little sharp, my irritation seeping through.
“I thought your son would have said.”
“I didn’t see him for long. He had a call from the—“
“The council. Congratulations, you are the papa of the first male omega to take a seat on the council!” Silas, to his credit, sounded genuinely happy for us. Another guy that was better than I deserved. I couldn’t help but cling to him, though.
I nearly dropped my phone. “What?” I screeched. Getting up, I looked around the corner to see that Angelica had headphones on and was watching something on her phone as she shoveled food into her mouth.
Silas hissed in a breath. He always complained when my voice got too high. “There’s been a shakeup. Females, betas, and omegas are all taking seats on the council.”
We lapsed into silence for a moment as I took in the monumental news. I flopped back down on the couch, picked up a cushion, and hugged it to me. “How?”
“Well,” he began, and I could almost picture him rubbing a hand over the back of his neck sheepishly. “We found out that several of the alpha council leaders had been helping Rincoln. Their own packs were guilty of breaking laws and he was blackmailing them, so they had evidence to finally remove them.”
So, that’s what was happening! That was a massive shakeup of the shifter’s ruling body. Nothing like this had happened before. “So we’ve stripped them of their positions. Councilman Ford has put together a task force to weed out any supporters. He’s also the one leading the charge on changes to how the council is made up, you see? There are four seats for betas, half to be for females, then another four for omegas, with Kade taking the one male omega position.”
“Um, wow!” I was utterly floored by this change. My son was on the shifter council!
“Yeah, I mean, I know I’m young,” Silas was just a few years older than Kade at twenty-nine, “but I never understood why the other designations didn’t get a say in how we are all governed.”
“You had the benefit of growing up under Ford as your alpha. Not everyone sees it the same as you.” Silas was a true shifter idealist, which is why he’d been assigned to me in the first place. He valued betas and omegas alike. A fierce protector of those who weren’t physically strong like him.
“I know. Ford says that we are in for a long road.” It was kinda sweet how Silas idol worshiped Councilman Ford. I’d met the man a few times, so I got it. I had a lot of respect for Ford and his ideology. Not if it put my son in danger, though.
“Will Kade be safe?” My children were my first concern. At least they should be. It was why I wasn’t chasing my mate down despite the pull I felt to the man. I knew nothing of his character and I had someone.Yeah, that was the reason.My fox snuffed at me in annoyance.
“Of course. Ford said that Kade won’t be traveling often. He will do most of his work at the compound.”
Relief flowed through me, unbunching my shoulders and making me sigh.
“Jas?”
“Yeah, Si.”
“I don’t want us to end.”
“Me neither.” I heard him blow out a breath. “What’s your plans?”
It was my turn to exhale loudly. “They’ve fired me.”
“What?”
“You knew Cortez had it out for me. He took the first chance he had to get rid of me. I need to be near my son, Si. We were apart too long, and he’s so different now. They’ve offered me a job here. Angel and I have Kade’s house to live in.”
“So, Sweetwater, huh?”
“Yeah, would you consider at least visiting to see if you might like it here? I miss having you with me. It’s strange being here alone, aside from Angelica.”
“For you? Yeah. Sorry I wasn’t there for you with the Rincoln thing. I panicked and thought it automatically ended us, but then you’ve been calling, and it gave me hope, y’know?”
“I like what we have, Silas.”
“Me too. Look, I have to get back to work. I’ll call later if I can, okay?”
“Sure, remember my heat isn’t far off.”
