chapter 28(2)

“But I thought I couldn’t become pack because of Uncle Clive,” Jonah asks. “You aren’t supposed to without parental or guardian consent, but you are ours now, so I give you permission,” Andrei tells him, looking at me nervously. He can face serious consequences if it is ever revealed that he did this. But Andrei will take that punishment before anything has been legally documented to ensure he remains with us. “I should have done it in the first place,” Andrei mind links me, and I press my lips in a line but nod, knowing what he is risking. But this will ensure he stays here. They won’t pull a boy his age from a pack. It would cause him too much pain to sever a pack bond, and they won’t be allowed to remove him until he is old enough to decide for himself. “I will give you some of my blood, then I need you to repeat these words, okay?” Jonah nods. “I need you to say that I, Jonah Marshall, pledge my life and loyalty to Alpha Andrei Hartley of the Howlers Pack. Ok?” “Does that mean I ha