"How dare you," Jude growled and it was a real dangerous wolf growl that startled even himself, his body shaking with barely controlled rage. "She's mine. The Goddess chose her for me and you're telling me to throw that away?"
"I'm telling you to think practically—" Marcus started but Jude slammed his hand on the table.
"I won't reject her! I don't care if she's human, I don't care if the pack doesn't like it, I don't care about any of it!" His voice was rising, his wolf pushing forward. "She's my mate and that's final!"
"Jude, Marcus, please—" Elena rushed between them, looking frantically between father and son as dominance charged the air, neither backing down from each other. She went to her husband and held his arm, rubbing it as she released her calming scent but Marcus's jaw was
