Margaret “You embarrassed me for the last time!” It wasn’t the first time that my mate put his hand around my throat and threatened me. “I was trying to save our family!” I growled back, but it was getting harder to breathe, and I was relieved when one of my sons stepped forward and put his hand over Carl’s. He instantly let go of me and I could rub my sore throat. “Don’t any of you get it?! If Riley becomes our alpha or even our Luna, she will ruin our lives the same way she thinks we ruined hers! We have to stop it!” I shouted at the top of my lungs. “We can’t stop it, Margaret! He has marked her, and they are planning the move to her territory.” Carl was never the one who fought for us. He never pushed our children to do better or be better. They reached their ranks because I planned