ADRIAN'S POV
Three votes.
Three of my own Council members voted to strip me of everything. To exile me from the pack I built. The pack I have bled for. Killed for. Protected with my life.
Because of her.
No. Not because of her. Because of them. Because they are cowards who would rather sacrifice one person than stand and fight.
My hands are shaking as we walk out of the Council chamber. I clench them into fists. Cannot let the pack see weakness. Cannot let them know how close I came to losing control in there.
How close I came to ripping Nathaniel's throat out for daring to threaten my mate.
Our mate. They tried to take what is ours. They will pay for that.
Not now Kael. Not yet.
When then? When they vote again? When they actually succeed in removing us?
Freya walks beside me. Si
