Lily The silence in the hall was absolute. Every Alpha and Luna stood frozen, their eyes locked on the man standing next to me. Davian didn’t look like a guard anymore. He didn't even look like the man who had been following me around as my guard for the past month. There was a weight to him now, a natural authority that made the air in the room feel thin. I couldn't move. My hand was still in his, and I could feel the steady heat of his skin. Everything was finally making sense—the way he never flinched when Rowan tried to intimidate him, the way he had always been so confident, and why Rowan’s Alpha presence never seemed to affect him. He wasn't just my mate. He was Alpha Davian North. The heir to one of the most powerful packs in the country. The mysterious Alpha of NorthBlack, whom

