I KNEW I’D TAKEN MATTERS too far when the early morning air chilled on my skin, the uber-alpha appearing to draw energy out of the room due to the depth of his displeasure. “No,” he said simply. But the single word shook my bones and sent the weaker shifters to their knees.
“No,” the Tribunal member repeated, this time with slightly less emphasis since he no longer needed to capture our attention. Every eye here and in the living room beyond were now trained on his grim face.
“This isn’t a human kindergarten where everyone gets to walk away with a first-place ribbon and the knowledge of a job well done,” the uber-alpha growled, the words nearly lupine in their timber. As he spoke, the dominant werewolf began to pace from wall to wall in a repetition of his behavior the first time he’d gr
