MALAKAI’S POV

Coward. Fool. Weak, pathetic fool.

The voice of my beast didn't just whisper in the back of my mind; it clawed at my skull, its claws digging deep into my brain. Look at you. Sinking your teeth into empty air while another male sets a price on your mate. You refuse to mark her. You refuse to place your seal on her neck, and now she will go back to him. She will return to the father of her boy.

Shut up, I snarled inward, my chest burning from the sheer volume of the roar that had just ripped through my throat.

Greenwood is getting close, the wolf...