This was not how I wanted Aurora to see my pack house. I was supposed to be planning my marriage with her, not arranging to fight an upstart who thought he could take what was mine. But when had life ever granted me anything easy?

The sound of battle echoed through the corridors, and suddenly I was sixteen again, watching everything I cared about go up in flames.

My father hadn't died of a heart attack during a hunt like I'd told Aurora. That was a lie, the sanitized version I gave to everyone ...