Gold’s mate

*Leroy POV*

I turn my eyes to the Epsilon who has not responded to my question.

“Is she my mate?” I repeat my question.

He sighs and momentarily closes his eyes.

“I need to know,” I insist even though my breathing is becoming laboured.

“Down the line mate.”

I glance at him, my frustration building up. Mate, second chance mate and rejected mate are all familiar terms, not this.

“What the fuck does that even mean?”

I don’t mean to shout at him but this is all so messed up.

“You cannot handle her right now, Your Highness. There is too much animosity between her pack and ours. And her upbringing under us has been terror at most.”

“I had nothing to do with that.”

He sighs again and shakes his head. “It does not matter. The Alpha bares the sins of his pack.”

I know that arguing with him will not change anything. I focus on getting the facts instead.

“When will I be able to handle her?”

“When the time is right. When the sins of your father have been righted. When the suffering has bee