a's arrival, the climate had changed. Conversations stopped abruptly when Gabriel entered a roo

rtyard where a few wolves were training. He clenched his fists. The pack, his family,

Al

standing despite his recent injury, interr

etw

, his gait still be

l, he said hesitantly, as if

replied, his voice low bu

eep breath bef

hange. She insinuates that your decision to honor this marriage agree

raised a

Go

at your judgment

t was icy. Gabriel felt his wolf growli

repeated, his voic

, his gaze lowering slightly. She insinuate

ulating and cunning, had found her angle of attack. She exploited the sligh

e finally said, his voice

ed down the hallway, followed by the door being slammed open. Marcus

, we need

hat gives you the right to e

this pack long before you were b

eady to intervene, but Gabri

ak, M

his arms, a cold smi

t should not exist in a strong and unit

e you get

nder if you are

rbolt. Caleb growled, but Gabriel remained

and say it to my face, he said calmly, alth

ll me, Gabriel, where do your loyalties lie

clear provocation, and Gabriel knew it. But he also knew tha

, to this pack, he said finally, hi

respond, Lydia entered as well, a

noise ? she asked i

rns you, Lydia, repl

gnoring his hostility, and pla

about the pack conc

ith an icy glow. Gabriel felt anger rising

t the council, he finall

nged a look, then she

ish, my de

followed by Marcus. Caleb closed the do

laying a dan

se, Gabriel replie

s of his pack were already listening to Lydia? How many dou

office, a half-empty bottle within reach. His mind was a battlefield

persistent whisper. He couldn't deny how he felt about

And in the darkness, his wolf growled, a low, menacing sou