Had anyone told Asher Nightshade that a day would come when he and the other Cardinal Alphas would sit together discussing the affairs of their mate, he would have laughed them out of the room.
Sharing one mate?
That was a far stretched fantasy.
In the past, Asher had always assumed he would one day choose a wife — someone he could control, and would not bother him — after he claimed the Alpha King's throne. That throne had been his purpose, his obsession. The fight for it had fractured his bond with the other Cardinals, but it gave him something to live for.
But now?
Now they weren't just brothers. They were family. And only when he truly felt that unity did he finally understand how powerful they were together and why Elijah had wanted them divided all along.
He should have known.
The boys had all taken up different corners of the room, and though they all had a shared purpose of gathering here, they couldn't help but stare at each other in an awkward manner.
