They threw Neil into the middle of the room, and he collapsed to the floor with a pained groan. While Eve rushed to help him up, Lucas remained where he stood, his hands clenched into fists.

“You’ve endangered everyone you love just to satisfy what’s in your head, kid,” John said. “Come back to the pack, and I’ll forgive you.”

Faintly, Lucas’s memories drifted back to his youth, when he was still part of his father’s pack and witnessed the cruelty inflicted on the omegas.

*

Lucas celebrated his first shift by running through the forest surrounding the alpha’s house. There was nothing more exhilarating for a werewolf than becoming...