Lyra POV She tsked at me. “Fighting with other pack members, usurping the Alpha in front of his own pack; it makes me wonder what your intentions are.” I blanched, ignoring Marni’s horrified face. My skin heated as anger boiled within me. She had no right to judge me. Her son is the one who kidnapped me. “Intentions? My intention was to have nothing to do with any of you. Your son kidnapped me, threw me in a magically sealed room, and forced this collar on me.” I yanked at my necklace, exposing the golden chain to her. I continued, warming up to the subject at hand. “My intention is to leave whenever his majesty deems it acceptable.” I glared at her, uneasy after my tirade. My wolf seemed uninterested in arguing or asserting myself over her. Some help she was. That left me with my human

