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“What do you mean you refuse to help me anymore?”

Gaze sweeping the room, I let them hear the growl in my voice. A few flinched, others ducked their heads. All of them lowered their eyes.

This was just another complication to add to the day from hell.

Brandon had taken Sara to school, but had failed to pick her up in the afternoon. Which, I could admit, was my fault. I hadn’t asked. So, I had to abruptly end an important phone call to do it myself.

Then had been the issue of what to make for dinner. But after a moment of panic, I’d remembered the pizza menu tucked away in a kitchen drawer. Presto! Dinner had been served!

However, when the quadruple meat pie had arrived, Sara informed me she only ate veggie pizza. After complaining she wasn’t hungry anyway, she’d run upstairs to her room, making sure to slam the door hard enough to rattle the windows.

I’d been ready to pull out my hair when I’d gotten the call from Theo about a pack meeting.

Sitting in a circle, with me standing in the center, fifteen of my thirty-three pack members had gathered at the community center. Then surprised me with this… this…

“What is this?” I demanded.

Pacing the circle, I sought out Theo. Looking at us, you’d think Theo was the dominant wolf in the room.

He was sitting in one of those folding metal chairs, but if he stood, he would have been at least four or five inches taller than me. He wore a thin, cotton t-shirt that displayed thick muscles under his umber colored skin. Especially, when he crossed his arms like the way he was doing now.

Though both of us were actually the most dominant wolves in the room, Theo’s wolf wasn’t as powerful as mine. Which was why I was Alpha.

His dark brown eyes flashed gold, meaning his wolf was close to the surface. I held his glare with one of my own, but within seconds, he dropped his eyes.

“An intervention,” Theo finally said, clearing his throat.

“A what?”

“An intervention,” Brandon, offered. His chin bobbed up and down as though he was listening to music as he explained, “It’s where friends and family come together to confront a person in a non-threatening way about—

I growled, cutting him off with a swipe of my hand. “I know what an intervention is, Brandon. What I don’t understand is why we’re having one. For me.”

“We just want to help you.” The quiet words came from Tess. Though her arms were crossed and her chin held high, her expression held concern.

“Help me with what?” I asked, my voice softening.

When no one spoke up, I growled out my frustrations. “Someone, please. Tell me what’s going on. You said you weren’t going to help me with Sara anymore. Why? Do I need to pay you? I’ve offered you money time and time again—

“We don’t want your money, Alpha,” Theo said.

“Then what do you want?” I clenched my fists at my sides so I wouldn’t pull out my hair.

“We want you to take care of Sara yourself,” Tess said. “She needs you.”

I shook my head. “You’re making no sense. What does Sara have to do with this?”

“You’re a bad dad, Alpha,” Theo blurted.

Silence descended. In fact, it got so quiet, I couldn’t hear a single one of my pack mates breathing. However, I could hear the galloping of their hearts.

I inhaled and let the accusation wash over me. It hurt. It did. But I wasn’t sure I agreed with the statement. I wasn’t a bad dad. Was I?

My gaze swept the room once more, noting the tense expressions on their faces. However, not a single one of them looked like they wanted to oppose their Beta’s opinion.

“Is that what you all think?” I asked, my voice flat.

When no one answered, I sighed. “I just don’t see it. I’ve never hurt her.”

“Of course you haven’t,” Theo said. “That’s not what this is about.”

“Then what is this about?”

“It’s about Sara needing her dad and not just a bankroll.” He talked over my scoff. “When was the last time you spent any time with her?”

“Her birthday,” I answered immediately. “She had a party. I was there.”

“That was last year.”

“No, it wasn’t. It was a month ago.”

“Her birthday is in June. It’s January.”

“Really?” I gave him a dubious look. “What about her ballet recital? That wasn’t that long ago.” The pack all gave me a look like I was crazy. “What?” I asked.

“Her last recital was four years ago. She doesn’t take ballet anymore.”

I rubbed at my forehead. “How old is she again?”

Someone scoffed.

“Nine, Alpha,” Theo said patiently.

“Wow,” I whispered. “Time flies.”

“That it does,” he agreed. “But not that fast. We won’t enable you any longer, Alpha. Taking care of Sara is your responsibility.”

“Of course, she’s my responsibility, and I’m taking damn good care of her by having my pack, who I thought cared about us, help us out while I do my job. You know, the really important one you all seemed to have forgotten about.”

“You work too much. We can help you with pack business. Please, call me, or any of us, for help.”

“The pack is my responsibility,” I replied, my voice clipped.

Theo shook his head. “It’s obvious you’re not going to listen to us.”

He turned away from me to pick up his chair. The pack followed suit and the room soon filled with the sound of chairs scraping against tile as everyone began stacking them against the wall. Then one by one they stopped to pat me on the shoulder, offering small words of encouragement.

“You’ve got this, Alpha.”

“Don’t worry. She loves you. Just show her you love her too.”

“Take her shopping. Girls love that stuff. What? It’s the truth.”

“Don’t listen to Brandon. He’s an idiot.”

“Call us if you need help with anything other than babysitting.”

“Unless it’s an emergency.”

“Tell Sara we love her. And I’ll come by and visit soon.”

As the pack finally drifted away, I was left alone with my thoughts. According to them, I was a bad father who needed to spend more time with my daughter. But what about work? As the Alpha, I couldn’t exactly take any day off I wanted. That’s not how it worked. How was I going to do this all by myself?

Brandon stuck his head back into the room. “What you really need, Alpha, is a mate.”

“Brandon!” the pack all called from outside.

“What?” he said over his shoulder before disappearing behind the door once more. “It’s the truth!”

As the others chastised the boy, a slow grin spread across my face. I wasn’t sure why I hadn’t thought of it before. It was the perfect idea.

“Brandon, you’re a genius!”