Meeting Merrick

Chase

I walked out of Lyse’s room, relatively calm given the anger I had writhing inside of me at her revelations of the wish-he-was-gonna-be Alpha, Jace.

I made a quick call to my father to let him know my intentions and was aware of the potential fall out.

Not that I needed his approval now that I was King, but it was smart to have his council on matters like this. His experience is still invaluable.

Upon his agreement, I made a call to Merrick and was headed to meet him now. There was much to discuss before tonight’s ceremony. I had to fill Ryker in too.

As I rounded the corner to the kitchen, Carolina looked up and smiled, handing me a cup of coffee. “Good morning, Dylan.”,

“Good morning, Carolina.”, I smiled back. “You can call me Chase, you know. You’re kind of part of my inner circle now, you know.”, I said with a wink.

She laughed. “You always were a smart ass. Your mom would be proud of the man you’ve become.”, she said seriously.

“Thanks for that.”, I answered. “Hey. Is Me