My gaze stays on him, studying his face. I will never forget it for as long as I live. “You knew I wasn’t Diego’s mate and Kendric was only protecting me. How dare you stand there and say that about him. He is the best alpha there has ever been, and you are all cowards!”

“Lock her up,” one of the council members says.

He moves in front of me, blocking me from going anywhere else as others close in around me. I’m ready to rip his head off, but my wolf sinks back, as if she’s too ...