Rose “I will branch off from him with your help in one month.” Lucious is the powerful alpha I needed on my side to vouch for me at the council. My bond with Benson has been there for five years now, and we are going into six years. Simply saying rejection words isn’t enough. The council needs to grant us their elixir to permanently break off the bond, which they don’t easily give. Each wolf knows this, and thus rejection is mostly avoided. In my case, it can’t be ignored. “Deal,” he says. “Now come here,” Lysander grabs onto my dress and pulls me along to stand near the large bed. “As for today, you will get a taste of us, and you will be lucky if you get another.” “Why?” I ask, turning my head between both of them. Lucious is leaning against the far wall with his hands in his pock

