Alpha Knight.”
Ray quickly walked up to Griffon with the other members of the Wilton pack and said respectfully, “I didn’t expect you to attend such a small-scale banquet. Otherwise, I would have waited at the door with my pack elders. Please forgive me for my disrespect.”
Griffon replied indifferently, “It doesn’t matter.”
He looked around casually. When he didn’t see what he was looking for, he frowned slightly.
Preston got out of his car. He’d followed mainly to ask Jackson what he meant.
Seeing that Preston was also here, Ray felt even more honored.
What kind of good day was this? He had been worried that his daughter would be unable to find a suitable love, but the two brothers of the Knight pack had both come.
Although Preston was undisciplined, unprofessional, and a playboy, he was still a Knight. If anyone from the Knight pack would take his daughter as their mate, he would be honored to form a union with them.
As for Griffon, he was unconcerned with any of the reasons the Wilton pack was holding a banquet for. He was to be the son-in-law of the Thorins, and a small pack like his couldn’t compete with an elder’s family.
Ray was incredibly self-aware, and he took the brothers of the Knight pack to be his honored guests. Even Jackson, who was praised by him earlier, had been tossed to the back of his mind, infuriating Lena Wilton.
Lena had taken a fancy to Jackson. It had been difficult for her to ask her brother to invite him, but now her father had asked her to curry favor with Preston!
She knew that Preston was a playboy. Why would he be interested in mating with her?
Lena was so angry that Henry motioned for her to go out and avoid the situation. Only then did Lena sneak away.
Ray had been flattering Griffon, which made Henry feel very embarra*sed. If he were the current Alpha, he never would have behaved in this way.
Henry looked at Jackson, nodding his head and indicating that he should go out for a drink.
Jackson had wanted to leave for a long time but wouldn’t be rude to his host. At Henry’s signal, he quickly left.
Before he could walk out of the hall, he was stopped by Preston. “Sterling.”
Preston walked up to him and questioned him with the attitude of an elder brother, not bothering to use his title. “If I recall correctly, six months ago, your pack took the initiative to talk to my pack about a mating union. But now, you’re here to attend Miss Wilton’s search for a mate. What do you mean by this?”
Preston didn’t question Jackson directly about the relationship between him and Taya because Taya was Griffon’s woman, so he had to give her some respect.
But he would rather not let go of Jackson, who hadn’t kept his promise, so he could only take it out on Miss Wilton.
Jackson was not angry at Preston’s baiting, but his eyes were apathetic. “My father made the decision privately without my permission. I never thought of mating your sister.”
His words made Preston’s face pale, and his face instantly darkened. “Do you mean to break off the mating engagement?”
Jackson smiled faintly. “We’ve never been engaged. How can I break off something that’s never happened?”
They had just discussed the possibility of a mating, but it was never confirmed.
Moreover, the pack elders didn’t even have the consent of the two wolves involved. How could they force a mating ceremony?
Jackson’s words were a slap in the face to the Knight pack.
Preston was used to fooling around with others, wasn’t used to people going against him.
He wanted to give Jackson a gentle lesson, one to put him in his place and remind him who he was dealing with, but before Preston could say anything, he felt a hand on his arm.
“Preston, stop.” Griffon said, using his Alpha voice to compel Preston to obey him.
Everyone standing near them was taken aback by his voice. Alpha Knight was powerful, so powerful that his Alpha command had an effect on the wolves of everyone who heard.
Griffon looked at Jackson, his expression cool. His voice, devoid of any warmth, echoed in the hall.
“Alpha Sterling, your father came to our pack to beg for an alliance mating. If you’d like to go back on that, you’ll have to employ the same tactic as your father.”
The word “beg” brought everyone back to reality.
Eyes widened as onlookers watched and listened to what was happening.
It turned out that the Sterling pack wanted to mate into the Knight pack to form an alliance between the two powerhouses.
And the only male in the Sterling pack who would be able to accomplish that was Jackson.
Jackson calmly accepted Griffon’s proposal.
“Absolutely, Alpha Knight. I’ll have my father deal with this matter immediately.”
After that, Jackson went straight out to look for Taya.
Looking at Jackson’s back, Preston was so angry that his face turned blue. “It’s good to break off the engagement. Can’t my sister find a better male?”
Alpha Wilton, who had seen and listened to everything, quickly echoed, “Yes, yes, yes. Mr. Preston Knight’s sister is outstanding. It’s a pity that Alpha Sterling has rejected her.”
Preston glanced at him coldly. “What does it have to do with you?”
Alpha Wilton thought, “Forget it. He is so rude. Jackson is the Griffon saw Jackson walking to the dining area in the distance as if he were looking for someone.
After walking around for a bit, Jackson answered the phone and went into the bathroom.
Griffon frowned, interrupted Alpha Wilton’s rambling, and walked away.
While Taya was playing with her phone in the bathroom, a gentle-looking girl came in angrily.
When she saw Taya, Lena’s expression changed. “It’s you?”
When Lena stood on the balcony on the second floor, she saw Jackson leading Taya into the manor.
The two looked dazzling and well-matched, which almost made Lena angry.
Fortunately, Lena’s brother had sent Taya away and allowed her to be alone with Jackson.
Lena thought Taya had left, but she didn’t expect the little human to be hiding in the bathroom and scrolling through her phone.
Why was she hiding in the bathroom rather than making the rounds and networking?