I listened to Alpha Fernando, teeth clenched, hiding behind so-called “wolf law.”
I just smiled. Calm.
He looked confused. He hadn’t expected me to be so at ease.
“Why are you so desperate to keep me here?” I asked. “You marked someone else. You rejected me. You humiliated me. And now you want to trap me with rules?”
His smirk twitched, but he held his posture. “Rules are rules, Thalia. You belong to this pack unless I issue a formal release. You can’t join another— not even Silverclaw Pack.”
Alpha Ross stepped forward. Calm and deadly. “Then I don’t see the problem.”
Fernando’s smirk disappeared. “What do you mean?”
“You already signed the release papers,” I said.
He blinked. “No—I didn’t—”
“Oh, but you did.” I smiled. “Remember the day you rushed off to see Bianca? I gave you do
