Nina POV
No, no, no... Nina, you have to snap out of this. Ryder is not your mate. Leah didn't recognize him.
I gulped hard, trying to control my rugged breathing. But my gaze shot up at him in surprise as what he said clicked in.
A Lycan, not just any Lycan, but the next future King of the whole realm, the present Prince, wants a rejected wolf like me to address him by his first name... this is new.
I know Lycans to be arrogant, cocky, brutal, and... I was still lost in thought when a loud, displeased voice roared over the room, disrupting my thoughts.
"SERIOUSLY!! NO FREAKING WAY!!" The person's voice rolled off in disgust.
And we all snapped our attention back to the intruder.
An eerie tension filled the air, striking fear deep within me. My gaze fell on the Lycan
