Ronan Pov

The words left my mouth before I could stop them, and everyone went silent. I looked around at my men, and none of them moved or spoke. Rafe stirred again within me.

They had all heard it. I had called her my mate, not my wife or the human I was forced to marry, not the Luna I was obligated to protect.

"Spread out and search every inch of this territory."

They didn't move immediately, they were still watching me, their king who had spent weeks claiming he wanted nothing to do with the human woman and had just called her his mate. 

My claws dug into my...