*Saoirse*

"Wh-what?" I stuttered out.

My rollercoaster of emotions had left me stunned, unable to process his words.

"You will be bound in marriage to Conall at first light, and then you will return to Blackstone with him," Alpha Strider announced. "We could use their help now more than ever."

Darkness seemed to be descending onto me from all sides, and my throat was closing off. I was going to be bound to Conall, the man who believed women were less, ...