RIVEN
The council chamber seemed to close in despite its size, though every set of eyes was looking at me for various expressions, all the way from concern and frustration to outright hostility. I gestured to the head of the table where I stood, with Kael next to me and challenged the pack elders who had called this emergency meeting.
“You’ve got someone else’s mate here.” Elder Matthias went on, the lines in his weathered face turning down. "The Lycan's mate, no less. Do you know what this does to our pack?”
“I know exactly what that’s like,”I offered, as controlled in tone as I could from the knot welling up in my chest. We saved an abused woman from a True Alpha who picked her up and took her. That's what happened."
“That’s your opinion,” Elder Cassandra cut in; her eyes sharp as th
