lo

r another departure. It wi

outside of a pack. Without a strong leader, they will become enraged. If that is the case,

uld smell the scents of the mutilated and broken pack members. I also detected a few Lycans, which was unusual, but it was not the first time I had detected them at one of these locations,

raphing the damage. I would stepped behind a wall, just out of sight of the Guard Captain, who was directing their search to be more thor

body and elongated face were covered in silver fur. He was a wolf on two le

killing him. It was a much easier fight than I had expected.

rail and back to the ground. I bolt for the meeting

hey look at me, surprised, as I try to catch my breath. "I apologize

mother. They received a call from the Guard Captain about the i

" I say. "I will

she approaches my injured arm. She strokes it gently as I stare into her hypno

hug around my worries. "What are you thin

You only need to ask, your Highness." I shake my head again, trying to sh

pture me, he is been following a powerful lycan. The Wolfsbane's purpose was to paralyze me rather than kill me. He wa

s insufficient to kill me. If that had bee

wrong?" Ezx

am the strongest wolf, aside from my father. It will tak

osition of Alpha Queen?" He

g him a stern look. "To appease my father, I agreed to

kay with that," Exzel

to challenge me, but

is even more rare. To be honest, I have always wanted to fill my father's shoes. I trained for it my e

step back. I do not like the fact that

stay, Cielo," King

ng's request. It could also be considered sufficient cause for war. I doubt that would be the outcome if I denied his req

of me, My Lord?" I in

r mate," he says, sounding exactly like a

on me. "Why do you want to know?" I ask gently, my gaze fixed on the door. I can not attack a

uch as I can about th

the Lycan King. My father's primary responsibility revolves around werewolves. Exzel's responsibilities include werewolf issues,

I were divided. I chose my father's beta. Xander had chosen Gamma Lucious. We had only been shifted for about five minutes when we were separated to begin our training. Logan was showing me how to quickly transition into and out of wolf form. It was exhausting work, but I was prepared for it. We got a call about rogues an hour into our training. Beta Logan did his best to get me to safety, but we were amb

for blood. He was a lycan, and I could not beat him. I was a first-time shifter who was still untrained in this form. I was losing at the time, and the only thing keeping me going was my rage. I managed to wriggle free but," I say, dropping the jacket to reveal the long claw marks surrounding my shoulder, "I wasn't fast enough. He pinned me down and clamped his canines into

o assassinated my own mate." I put on my shirt again. "Now, if that is what you