Arius‘s pov.

Morana stood in the center, unphased, as if she had been expecting this twist of fate.

"Changed the bait, did you?" she said without turning. "You never change, Arius."

Tiberius bristled beside me, on the verge of a full eruption. The way his hands clenched and jaw ticked made it clear: he was seconds away from unloading on someone. It amused me more than it should have. Maybe it was the fact he had Freya's heart so easily, courtesy of the mate bond—a ...