24

AEROS

“They attacked my mansion,” I growled as I slammed my fist on the table angrily. “He started this, so why shouldn’t I give him a taste of his own medicine?”

“Alpha Aeros, you need to calm down,” one of the elders sitting among my council members said. “He is only doing this because of the girl, so why don’t you hand the girl over?”

“Hand her over?” I scoffed. “She is mine. Plus, we all know that the only reason he wants her back is because he knows I have taken an interest in her.”

“She is not a member of our pack,” another elder grumbled.

Ever since the meeting began, they had all been against going to war with Tyler. Not that they were afraid of his pack, but because they were afraid of what I might do.

“But she is here now, and I am going to protect her no matter what, even if it’s the last thing I do.”

I meant every single word I had just said. For some reason, I had developed this very strong sense of protecting Elarian. After what happened to my mate, I wanted nothing mor