“Apollo?” Persephone stepped forward. “What…did you just say?”
He didn’t plan to be so aggressive in his assertion to defend Royce, but he wasn’t going to act like he didn’t feel that way either.
Regardless of what was going on between them, she, for the time being, was still his mate. Someone should have advocated for her.
“I didn’t stutter and I most certainly didn’t mutter.” He glared at the alpha sitting across from them at the table. “Over. My. Dead. Body. The girl is a Marsh Haven wolf.
“I’m afraid, I must agree with alpha Apollo,” Calin added. “Royce is not for sell. Neither of my daughter are.”
“Hmmm, but is that really true?” Maquand said with clear doubt in his voice. “I…get the sense that…while you are standing here in a room full of important people,” he chuckled. “Tha
