My head was pounding, and I was cold and sore. There was noise, but what had bothered me and forced me to wake up was the discussion I could hear outside. "No! You don't get it. She almost died already, I won't allow her to go through that again!" Dillan was mad, and even if he was trying to stay quiet, he was raising his voice with each word. "That's what she is for," a voice that sent shivers down my spine replied. "What good is she if she can't provide what we need or her?" the Elder's voice was cold and mechanical. "She is my True Mate, my wife, the mother of my cubs, and I don't appreciate you talking about her that way." "You are buying into the fairy tale that the dogs love so much, but the reality is that she belongs to all of us, not just you. You got lucky and now you h

