The words of the council still echoed in Freya’s mind long after the meeting ended. When will the Alpha give us pups? The demand had been delivered without mercy, as if she were nothing but a vessel, a womb waiting to be filled.

Her heart had burned with humiliation, but she had kept her silence. And now, alone in her chamber, she knew the truth: whether Alpha Logan was ready or not, she had already made up her mind. She would give herself to him—body and soul. After all, was that not why ...