num_pages: 102
description: Things had changed so much over the last few centuries and Gress wasnt sure he liked it or the pressure. Not that hed want to go back to the days alphas ruled the packs and omegas were nothing more than breeding stock. But what Joti his omega co-leader wanted to do Gress was adamantly against. No self-respecting omega wanted to go to the Alpha Auction and purchase a mate. It didnt matter the auction was entirely voluntary unlike the old days when omegas were sold off against their will to be bred and subjugated. How could a worthy alpha stoop so low as to be studded out in such a humiliating manner? Even if they were outnumbered 3-to-1 by omegas and that was the reason they were no longer the height of the hierarchy among the packs? It didnt matter the omega council was pressuring him and Joti to find a mate there had to be another way. Except there wasnt and Gress knew it. Every pack ruled by a duel-omega leadership was expected to have an alpha mate only one alpha mate. It was against council law to have more than one the risk of the alphas trying to control the pack too great. The one alpha was there to bond with both omegas and to produce the next generation hopefully conceiving more alphas to swell the dwindling numbers. Despite Gresss objections they had to attend but would they find a mate compatible to them both? An alpha willing to have two mates he was expected to bond with and breed and submit to their control? Gress wasnt sure such an alpha existed. **** Jaeger couldnt believe his brother had talked him into signing up for the Alpha Auction. So he wasnt getting any younger but to belittle himself to find a mate? It was embarrassing not to mention expensive. The Alpha Auction wasnt run like a normal one. Sure omegas bid on the alpha they were interested in but that alpha had to come with a dowry. Jaegers entire savings was now tied to whether he would be bid on. If the bid exceeded his dowry he was entitled to keep the money but how often did that happen? Jaeger had been searching for a matesecretly his destined matefor more than ten years but had been unsuccessful. Why he and his brother thought he would find his mate at the auction didnt make sense but it was too late now. The auction took place in two weeks and Jaeger had already signed the papers and given his dowry to the auction officials. If this didnt pan out he wasnt sure what hed do. And what happened if the winning bidif he was bid on at allwas an omega he couldnt stand or tried to dominate him and break his alpha pride and instincts? He was pretty sure his brother hadnt thought of that when he practically forced Jaeger to sign up. It wasnt as if Jaeger was looking for an omega to submit to him. Alphas had changed over the years their instincts honed to care for and protect their mates even more than in the past. They no longer carried the need to dictate and rule their mates a trait evolved into extinction. Yes they were still bigger stronger and faster than omegas but those qualities were used to protect not lead. Not anymore. Jaeger had no desire to run a pack. He only wanted a mate hopefully a destined mate he could love who desired him and only him and maybe have a pup or two. Was that too much to ask? Would that be too much to expect from the Alpha Auction? 
language: English
title: Jaeger's Bond
publisher: None