Killian's POV.

If it were up to me, I would have strangled that man myself, right there. But those men stepped in. I'll never let anyone disrespect my mate in my presence. Never.

The sacred ceremony was in seven days. Soteria warned me about some things. If I didn’t perform it within a certain time, I would die.

And even worse, if I did perform it and wasn’t careful… Selene could die. I had been skeptical, hesitant and afraid. And now it was just seven days away.

I wanted to spend five days with her, away from the pack house, away from the chaos, away from all the trouble that...