**Elena**
What do you mean I can’t come along, my king? The words burst out of me, louder than I intended.
My chair scraped against the polished floor as I shot to my feet.
My voice echoed across the dining hall.
Xavier’s head snapped up.
His eyes fixed on me like I’d crossed a line.
I watched as his fist came down on the table with a loud thud, making the plates rattle.
“You’ll obey me. And you will not talk back to me,” he said.
His glare could have killed me in seconds.
But damn it, I wasn’t going to sit there and take it.
“Oh, don’t think you can scare me,” My hands balled into fists at my sides. My voice shook “I’ll come with you to the event. I’m your wife…for f**k’s sake!”
A bitter laugh escaped his lips. “My wife in the eyes of the pack, Helena. Get that into your he
