Lucianne couldn’t mask her surprise. That was true. It had always been true. She’d fight to death to protect her pack and everyone in it. But she couldn’t remember the last time she put herself first. There was always something or someone that would take priority over her own life.

After taking a few breaths to calm herself, she asked, “So, I have this…Authority-like thing because—”

“Babe, it’s not ‘Authority-like’. What you have is an Authority. Own it.” Xandar said with a large and proud grin.

“Uh…do I have it because I was adopted by a family of pack leaders?”

Xandar thought for a moment before he said, “No, I...