ZADOK

A loud howl woke me up from my sleep, and I felt Kir pacing in my head, fighting to be let out. I put up a mental wall between us, not interested in any of his rants.

I looked around and realised I was alone. My heartbeat accelerated, and I jumped to my feet. Where is Ithra?

For the first time, Kir bulldozed through my mental wall, and his frantic chants made me stand in attention. 

Mate! Mate! Mate! 

He chanted without stopping. Confusion clouded my face. What was he talking about? 

Mate! He growled. Go to mate, Now!

Just when I wanted to inform him how ridiculous he...