Faith's Pov
My mate.
Astor had called me his mate in front of everybody, and he defended me at that moment. The world simply ceased to exist. I was shocked into a silence so profound that I might have stopped breathing.
It didn't matter what he had said before that, or what he would say after. It didn't matter that he had just openly threatened my father, the Alpha of our pack, and by extension, everyone around us.
The Eclipse Pack was legendary, powerful, known across other territories, but the Eternal Night Pack was far, far larger, more dominant than ours. My father would have no choice but to yield to Astor's demands.
But none of that mattered.
All that mattered was the claim.
My mate.
Watching him stand there, so tall, so commanding, a profound warmth began to spread through
