“His pack will never accept you.” Terrence looks away, not even denying the doings of my old clan. “How can you be loyal to him when they would burn you at the stake, simply because of what you are? There is no future with Robert aside from you simply being one of his women—”

“They have accepted me,” I reply simply. “And I can’t be friends with a person who is actively trying to hurt the man I love and his people. I’m sorry, Terrence.”

Placing Mano on the ground, I get to ...