Alpha Lycus responded, “I don’t want to be mated to a blood-sucking night creature.”

The words cut deep as he walked out of the council hall. Anger rose and I could feel my beast rising to the surface. How dare he? Did I ask for this?

Tristan walked into the room a few minutes later and one glance at me and he knew that things were bad.

“Let’s go,” I instructed.

We left the Sila council fortress, and I could tell Tristan ...