Roselet was eager to check on Ethlyn, attempting to leave Calvin's side while squirming in his arms.

"Ethlyn! Ethlyn! Princess! Ethlyn!" Nathan, Reva, Abigail, and Saisha, Nathan's mother, gasped as they reached her. A forceful slap from an Alpha could be excruciatingly painful for a wolf of lower rank.

"Alpha Calvin, you're pushing the boundaries now," Nathan intervened. "Ethlyn didn't say anything inappropriate. She merely recounted what occurred. It's possible that Rose might be fabricating the story about the rings," he calmly suggested, pondering over Calvin's strong protective stance towards the pup. Calvin's slap had struck Ethlyn with such force that blood began to seep from her mouth. She coughed,...