Victoria had grown up knowing she would not have a choice in who she married. Many werewolf families still held very traditional value, much like her own family. Her father had believed in blood purity, he believed that only werewolves should marry werewolves. This was a viewpoint shared by many old werewolf families, but not Ernest’s.
Victoria could pinpoint the exact moment she had met Ernest Hayes. He had kind eyes and a kind demeanor, but Victoria despised him. For, when she laid eyes on Ernest Hayes for the very first time, all she saw were chains around her future as her father whispered in her ear, “That is the boy who has agreed to marry you.”
Even with knowing so very little about Ernest, Victoria knew that he would do just about anything for his best friend, John Volbraght. It
