"How dare you," I growled and it was a real dangerous wolf growl that startled even myself, my 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 I slammed my 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!" My voice was rising, my wolf pushing forward. "She's my mate and that's final!"
"Jude, Marcus, please—" Elena rushed between us, looking frantically between father and son as dominance charged the air, neither of us 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 clenche
