Elena - POV

Silas asked me to stay in the room as he hurried to meet the guards. I rolled out of bed and gasped, noticing a red bruise mark on my neck. "What the hell?"

"Silas has marked you as his mate," Celeste informed me.

"Why does he have to mark me? Aren't I Silas fated, mate?" I asked Celeste as I quickly grabbed my scattered clothes from the floor and ran my fingers through my hair. I stalked down the hallway as I heard our pack elders and Drake gathering.

"It's a ritual, ...