NOAH'S POV

A tall woman with long black hair stepped forward. Her eyes were the coldest red I had ever seen.

"I am Seraphina," she said. "Leader of the Northern Vampire Council."

"I don't care who you are," I said. "You're not taking my mate."

"Your mate," Seraphina said the word like it tasted bad, "is an abomination. A mistake that should have been corrected years ago."

"Daisy is not a mistake."

"She is vampire-werewolf hybrid," Seraphina said. "Such creatures are forbidden by ancient law. They upset the natural order."

"What natural order?"

"Vampires and werewolves are meant to be enemies," she explained. "When our bloodlines mix, it creates chaos....