ALPHA NIKOLAI

I slammed my hands on the table for what felt like the hundredth time and watched the light elders jolt with some measure of satisfaction.

“What the hell do you mean by you won't let me release her? Raya Banks is not a threat to the throne! She's my mate!” I growled bitterly, resisting the urge to rise to my feet and let my wolf settle this the way it settled everything. With a long, bloody fight.

“Half-mate,” Igor offered quietly from his seat beside him before I leveled him with a dirty look and he clamped his mouth shut again.

Whose side was the little shit on...