Momentarily, I thought it was Echo, and I smiled picking the phone from my pocket. But it was Rev. I cringed thinking about what I’d asked him to research. There was more at hand than Echo’s mother showing up. There was a chance she could, according to our laws, make a claim to Echo that superseded the mate claim. She could also make the accusation that I’d pursued the mate claim without her parents’ permission. It was something just not done. Even if you had met your mate, the law stated that permission must be granted of the female’s parents before proceeding with the rest of the mating. It was rarely denied, every bear knew the power of the mate claim. But I’d had Rev research it just in case she accused me of going against the laws I was trusted to protect. “Rev, did you find anything?” “Yes, Alpha. If she decides, she has a legitimate claim. The law states you should’ve made a great effort to find her parents before the mark was made.”
