“Loyalty?” My upper lips curls. “I don’t know about loyalty, but I do know that the person I’m looking at is not so different from the monster who hurt your people.”

The man flinches as if I’ve slapped him. “How dare you—”

“Am I wrong?” I tilt my head, my voice cold. Underneath the fear that is twisting my gut, there is also anger rolling through me. “You’re trying to kill me for merely existing. Simply because the Goddess decreed your Alpha and me to be fated mates. ...