The Alpha's Nine-Year Lie

James, who had never once taken our daughter to the training grounds, volunteered to take her today.

I sat inside by the fire and casually opened Instagram, only to see a post from Lily, a Beta in our pack:

[Big thanks to Mr. S for mentoring him this past year. My little boy finally passed his pup physical assessment!]

I scrolled down to another post from a few days ago:

[Mr. S is away on pack patrols again. What a headache—my boy will only listen to his father.]

When I zoomed in on the photo and saw the boy wearing a custom white buckskin hunting coat—identical to my daughter's—my blood…