Tobi’s POV
Father had just finished counting the raised hands. Seventeen. Seventeen Alphas had voted in favor of the Matrimonium Proelium.
I saw red.
Seventeen spineless wolves who had lost royal favor. Seventeen cowards who were too weak to challenge Cadmus outright and would rather sacrifice an innocent woman than risk their own standing.
You must control yourself, Father ordered through the
I growled low in my throat at the command, every muscle in my body coiled with adrenaline. All I wanted was to shift and rip their throats out, one by one.
“This is preposterous!” Alpha Victor barked as he surged to his feet.
“Sending a girl to her death won’t secure your daughter’s place on the throne, Cadmus,” Arthur of Wildridge said flatly, like he was already bored of the political thea
