“Why not? We need to know so we can support each other and be each other’s strength—especially if you don’t want us to mark and mate you before we leave to free you from this tyrant.”
Hearing Thominic be so direct made something in me snap.
I glared at him, annoyed at how blunt he was being with her—like he wasn’t seeing how fragile she was right now.
I was about to step in—
But she spoke.
“I hate feeling afraid of things I can’t control… and things I don’t understand,” she admitted, her voice quieter than before. “I’ve always lived my life as a strong woman. That’s who I am… but with this tyrant… I’m scared.”
She swallowed, and I felt her grip tighten slightly against me.
“I thought… maybe if Alpha Dominic saw me as useful… I could prove I was worth keeping around. That’s what my p
