Xander’s POV. I hated this! I hated these games Camilla played, and for some reason she’d thought it was amusing to taunt me right in front of my family. Looking up, Nyx shot me glances as she fidgeted, her scent heightening with fear when my fiancée said those words. Clenching my fists tight, I let out a growl, struggling to keep Rex in place as he pranced about, wanting out, wanting nothing but to rip her into pieces for making my mate feel uneasy. My skin rippled, almost bristling as I fought to control the shift. “Not now, Rex.” I murmured. This wasn’t the time to have him out on the loose, not when the fate of my pack rested on this treaty that was to come out of the alliance between the StormFang Pack, and the Silverpine Pack with our union. “Come on now, Xander. It was just a

