Mara confided in me, and my wolf just let me pour out my emotions even though she kept insisting that I’m just letting my emotions take control of me too much.

“We are the Alpha King’s mate. We must balance our emotions and our logic. We cannot let enemies, potential enemies, and the entire werewolf country see how we can easily cry a river of tears. Just like what our mate told us, we must not let everyone see our weakness, that we have a soft side, especially in these warring times. Or else our soft side will be the death of us.”

“There will be no death here, only...