21 THE BETA AND THE WARRIOR

"Jason?" I asked as I walked back into our room after having dressed.

"Yes, love?" Jason asked as he looked up at me from the couch.

He was wearing a black suit since this wasn't an official event anymore and simply a dinner, a very formal dinner with extremely important people in attendance.

"You look gorgeous." He suddenly said as he got up and walked to me.

I was wearing a maroon form fitting gown with tiny crystals sewn into the material. I was never a fan of those puffy ballroom gowns that most women of the same rank as I were fond of.

"Thank you. You look very handsome too." I told him as he leaned down and captured his lips in mine, kissing me quite passionately.

"Wait, I wanted to ask you something." I told my mate as I bit my lower lip.

"What is it?" He asked as he led me to my vanity so that I could do my makeup. "By the way, all the alphas from earlier will surely be jealous of me now." Jason said with a cheeky grin.

I rolled my eyes at him and shook my head.

"Maybe I should just keep you in here." Jason whispered as he leaned down to my side. I felt myself getting hot as his lips brushed my ear.

"Jason!" I complained as I pushed him away.

I couldn't be distracted by this specimen of a man in front of me.

"Alright, alright. Go on." Jason said as he took a step back, giving me some space to breathe.

I had spent the entire time in the shower wondering if I should ask him about his beta and head warrior. For some reason it bugged me and I couldn't help but feel like there was something wrong going on between them.

"Jason, is there some sort of conflict between Adrian and Dennis?" I finally asked him. A part of me was worried that he would get mad. It was his pack, it wasn't my place to ask these questions.

'Our mate won't get mad, he is better than the others.' Ares told in my head as she tried to boost my confidence.

Jason was silent for a moment, making me worry even more that I had crossed a line.

"If it's not something you are comfortable telling me, there is no need." I said as I turned my attention back to doing my makeup.

"No, it's not that." Jason finally said after his long silence. "I'm just worried."

"Worried about what?" I asked him.

"If you immediately noticed that something was wrong, then the members of the other packs and other creatures would have noticed it too." Jason explained to me. "They will know that that is my pack's weakness."

'What does he mean?' I asked Ares in my head.

'Ask him.' She urged. 'Ask our mate, there is no harm in asking.'

"What do you mean? I don't think I understand." I told Jason.

Jason took a deep breath and sat next to me.

"How do you choose your Beta here in the Shadows Pack?" Jason asked me.

"I choose my beta. The moment I get inducted as Alpha I can choose my beta." I told Jason.

"Right, with the Silver Moon pack and most other packs, you know that it is done differently, right?" Jason asked me.

I nodded. I knew that we did a lot of things quite differently in the Shadows Pack and those practices would be things I would need to get used to.

"In other packs all the ranked roles are determined by blood and not by who the alpha would rather have as his beta and so on." Jason explained to me. "Adrian would not have been my choice as my beta and he knows it."

"Dennis would have been your choice?" I asked Jason as I placed my hand on his. "That's why you and Adrian aren't on the best of terms?"

Jason nodded and sighed.

"Adrian is a good man, I just don't trust him as much as I do Dennis." He explained to me. "He is my brother's best friend."

"Your brother?" I asked Jason.

"Yes. I have a younger brother, Jonah. He is a bit of a problem child." Jason said with an awkward laugh. "I love him to bits, but he isn't without his own flaws."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Unlike your brother, Jonah seems to be content in being the second son of the alpha and the brother of the alpha. He doesn't do much and simply prefers to enjoy life." Jason said with a chuckle.

"I'm sure he isn't as bad as you paint him out to be." I told him with a smile.

"My brother prefers to spend his time at parties with a different woman in his bed every night." Jason told me with a raised eyebrow. "He is your typical spoiled bad boy, it's as if he was pulled out of a TV series or something." He said as he laughed and shook his head.

"A lot of Alphas are like that too, you know. At least in their youths." I pointed out.

Jason gave me a weak smile and shook his head.

"They usually change after they are given some responsibility. Maybe it's the same case with your brother." I suggested.

"My dad has tried, even I have tried." Jason complained. "I don't know what it will take to get my brother to take life seriously. In all honesty I know this is another reason why Adrian and I can't work well together. My brother always complains about me being the golden son, the perfect son."

"To me you are perfect." I told him.

"I've worked hard to mend the divide between me and Adrian, but things are just not working out the way I want to." Jason said with a sigh.

"Have you tried speaking to your brother? Maybe he can help out somehow." I suggested to Jason.

"I have, but it's no use." He said with a sigh as he suddenly pulled me into his arms. "Let me hold you. I need to energize myself."

I smiled as he placed his head on my shoulder and held me by the waist.

"Enough depressing talk about my beta and my brother." Jason said as he recovered. "Tonight is about you, my beautiful mate."

I blushed as I shook my head and continued to do my makeup.

What did I do to deserve such a perfect man?