6: TROUBLE IN PARADISE

“Jo, I think something is wrong with Maria's immediate acceptance. You have to agree with me that it was unlike her,” I said sitting down beside him in my father's quarters.

Alpha Jo was not moved by the statement. It was like he was expecting me to say something like that. “Were you expecting something different?” He asked.

I turned towards him, I did not know how I was feeling towards the whole situation. “Yes, like a ‘no’ before her ‘yes’ or just silence without any answer,” I said. I knew Maria did not like anyone from my clan, except maybe for my father, whom she uses at will to fulfill her will.

“Well, I am glad that she exceeded your expectations. You think too lowly of her, she is a lovely person,” Alpha Jo said.

I smiled. Maybe it was true, and he was correct or maybe she was changing. I could still not bring myself to believe that. Maria is the superior law in Nashville. A very cunning and vile person, how come she changed? And to crown it all when an Omega wants to marry he