“You know what, Gideon...” I began, clicking my tongue in disappointment. “You just showed me how much of a coward you are. You didn’t even dare to request us to meet face-to-face. You just called us through my phone, as if the long-distance conversation would save you from our claws!”

“And wrath,” Caelum sneered.

“As well as my ongoing vengeance,” I added. I have nothing else to say so I told him straight to the point: “I choose Alpha Caelum of the Dreadmaw Ridge Pack, Gideon. And I accept his hand in marriage.”

Both Alphas gasped, one with joy and the other in dismay.

His answer on the other side...