“I will accept no further challenges, as I will not scorn this gift the Fates have bestowed upon me. We will be mated during the next full moon ceremony, in three days’ time. Any further challenges to Brielle will be met by me, on the spot. I will not suffer repeated attacks on my fated mate.” He spun as he spoke, letting his heavy gaze drive each and every wolf back a step, his full alpha dominance let out to play.
“If anyone tries to exact retribution for the death of Jasline, I will remind you that she submitted and then showed her dishonor by attacking my mate after the challenge had ended, which is a crime against the old ways. Her death was honorably enacted by my mate’s second, and any who seek to challenge her will face my second. Are we clear?”
“Yes, High Alpha,” hundreds of wol
