Jane
My world was falling apart, piece by piece.
Vishal and I hadn’t completed the mating bond yet. We hadn’t marked each other. In werewolf law, that meant I was still considered unmated. The Alpha King knew this, and he was using it against us.
But just because the law said I was unmarked didn’t make his claim on me right. It didn’t erase what he had done to me.
I looked between them—the man who had shattered my soul and the man who had put me back together.
The King who threw me away like garbage now wanted me back. Meanwhile, the man who actually loved me was about to die protecting me.
My chest felt tight. Why hadn’t we done the marking ceremony yet?
Vishal had wanted to do everything properly. We’d been living in the human world, away from pack politics.
He said I needed to m
