[Damian's POV]

Silence was thick between us. I released the little human, my hand dropping from the delicate curve of her soft neck, leaving her to sway slightly on her feet but for only a moment before she stood solid again.

She was adamant that she’d not display weakness as a human.

Her defiance was an igniting flame that I both had a desire to extinguish and watch burn bright.

I had a human mate. A little Rarus Sanguine who dared defy the Sigma King. I was both insulted and slightly ...