"I said, discipline me for the choice I made," he growled. "But do not try to tell me that the choices made in my absence were my choices."
"We tore each other apart!" Lina hissed. "There was no peace, no chance to provide while the hierarchy was reestablished—you did that! And while we fought, everyone was in danger. A pregnant female was thrown aside when the Owl and Hare Alphas fought, and she lost the babe. Everyone mourned!"
Tryson shook his head. "Truly a sad loss—"
"That is what brought the humans, you fuckwit! To keep our families and clans safe, we males agreed to move our conflicts to the outskirts of the city, to the amphitheater. But it took weeks! When the humans learned that a female had been harmed, that an offspring was lost, they came while we fought and stole the fema
