~ Damian~
Her voice reached me before I entered. It is sharp and irritating like a blade scraping stone. The guards at her door shifted nervously, wanting to announce my presence.
I silenced them with a single look. I didn't need an introduction. I wanted to hear what the little human had to say.
Despite everything I had done for her, she still dared to hate me.
"That's the kind of mate you want?" I asked Monster, my wolf. He stayed silent, pretending not to hear me, but I pressed harder. "Answer me. Is that the kind of mate you want?"
"We have no choice but to accept her as our mate. There's nothing we can do about it."
"I could rid you of her," Varak purred in my mind, his voice a dark hiss. "Drain her. Take everything. End it." His offer was tempting, but Monster snarled at him.
"Don't talk about my mate like that!"
