Asher POV
I retired for the night after confirming my mate was safely asleep in her room.
I felt like a huge burden had been lifted off my shoulders. A burden that for years had me drowning in something I built myself. After speaking with Claudia, I felt free and liberated.
For years, I had been dreading that conversation, and now that it was done I felt good for the first time in longer than I could remember.
The council had requested I bring Bella to their meeting. I wasn't entirely sure what they were planning but one thing was certain…my mate would not be attending.
I knew they would try to intimidate her and that was something I would not tolerate.
She had already been through enough in her former pack, at the hands of that excuse of an Alpha. The last thing I wanted was for he
