KELSEY POV

I nearly choked on my own tea. "Mother!"

"What?" She raised her eyebrows innocently. "You can't expect me to hear all these stories about the great Alpha of Blackmoon without asking about the man himself."

I shook my head, laughing despite myself. "What do you want to know?"

She leaned back in her chair, studying me.

"People in Silvermoon used to speak about him as if he were some demon. There was a reason everyone called him the God of War and said he was ruthless, that he had no patience for anyone who crossed him. But when I saw him at the border, he looked at you...