Nikolai I growled as I stopped halfway through the forest, my Lycan was furious, he was at the edge, about to lose it. We had felt the mate bond, it had been surreal, that beautiful feeling and even though I had warned him about chasing a ghost, for the first time in decades, he ignored my words, giving in to the scent of his mate. I wanted to kick him for ever believing we would have another mate, nobody is worthy of being our mates, we had our chance at happiness and it lasted a few decades. Arriving at the east wing, my mind drifted to the human. She had been poisoned and all of these bastards had left her in the house to die. I growled as I walked into the fear filled house, they were all terrified out of their wits, shaking. I scoffed, if she had died, the beast would be furiou

