Chapter Twenty-seven
Talon Maverick
I left the castle that morning with Mother’s words echoing in my head, though I’d already decided I wouldn’t waste another second thinking about hers and the pack Luna obsession. My life, my decisions. Women were only good for one thing, which was pleasure. And I wasn’t about to tie myself down to one permanently just because my mother wanted a crown for her grandchild.
She had said, “If you can’t find a woman of your choice, we can just pick the daughter of one of the alphas to be the Luna, Talon. We can’t keep wasting time.”
I just told her I’d handle it and make things work, but I had no plan to do any of that. At least not now. I wasn’t ready to be tied down to any woman.
I wasn’t soft, never had been. Control was everything to me. I dominated i
