(FORMER) ALPHA JACOB.I drank the coffee Caleb’s men prepared for us as we all sat on the back of Riley’s pickup.We never went to the same school, except for Aaron and me during our younger years, but sitting here with him, Aeon, Riley, and Nadia felt like that — as if we were pups kicked out of our class or, better yet, we skipped class to hang out.I tried to pacify my mind, smiling and chuckling at every funny anecdote that everyone was sharing to pass the time, but my heart was somewhere far away. I wondered what Catherine was doing and if there had already been any commotion in the arena.I didn’t regret defying and disrespecting Grant, as he deserved it, but at this point, my being a father was making me question if I did the right thing. Because of my outburst, I could not witness my only daughter’s Claiming. I wanted to be there for Catherine and my whole family.A beam of headlights blinded me for a while before it turned low. It didn’t take long before I recognized the car,
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