Arthur POV
I slumped heavily into the chair, my breath unstable; it was as if I was under cardiac arrest because I suddenly lost the system to breathe. The news came in as a shock, and despite my attempt to scare the elders and make it work, It proved abortively. They insisted the mating ceremony was auspicious; the entire pack, as well as the union, would be cursed if we went on with it instead of postponing it.
Who would have thought my happiness would be shattered in this manner as broken pieces of a plate? I would never in million years think something as trivial and absurd as this would be a stumbling block to being with my daughter Antonia. This mating ceremony would be the only way to get close since Julianne is behaving like the witches at a coven, my only hope and the purpose of
