Chapter 13: Ex-Husband’s Regret

RoseI snap my eyes to Jacob as the hall falls silent again. Has he gone mad?

Darius just stares at him, his expression unreadable but unkind.

I’ve not known the Lycan King for long, but his back is taut, like he’s on the verge of snapping the Raven Alpha in two.

Jacob looks around and clears his throat. “My pack will submit to the Lycan King, and we all know that when that happens, others will follow.”

“I still fail to see your point,” Darius says.

“Give me your slave, and I will pledge the Raven pack’s loyalty to you.”

The Lycan King settles back in his seat, pulling me onto his lap again. He says nothing for a long minute.

Jacob continues, a hint of desperation in his tone. “She doesn’t even mean anything to you. She’s just a slave. A play thing.”

My heart plummets.

It’s too real now that someone’s said it out loud. I think about Darius saying he wanted to make me his when I was just a slave.

Why does the truth scare me this much?

I turn, glancing at Darius to see his reaction.