26 James was in a mindless rage, tearing apart the limbs of the rogue who’d had his filthy hands in his mate’s hair. Never. Never had he experienced such fury, during battles he was calm and composed even when he was ending lives left and right but today...it was if he had gotten possessed. The guards restrained the other two rogues, some had run down in the hideout to retrieve the Wives of the Council. Ever weeped in a corner trying to block all of it out. She didn’t want to be in that place, she wanted to go back home immediately. Home...where was home though? Her home had become James when he’d consummated their mate-bond. From the first time he’d been joined with her body, his claim had been marked. Irrevocably. Forever. His. There was no going back. “James!” She cried out, viol

