Asher I wanted so badly to snap the neck of the shivering wolf before me, "was I too soft the first time you decided to try your luck again?"I was beginning to regret simply banishing these two, but how would I have known they would not be grateful for my show of mercy? I was only avoiding bloodshed, I had no idea how much that would cost me. My words promising Alison that Melanie would not hurt the children rang in my mind. In one day, all my promises had been broken. "I am sorry Alpha Asher, it was Melanie's idea. I could not say no." He had sold her out from the moment I had spoken to him. I could still recall the look of surprise when I asked what he was holding in his hand. He'd thrown away the dress as if it had scalded him, he scrambled backward trying to dissociate himself from t