"You can set my mate back down right now, Alpha." Travis's voice carried in the hall, the tone dark and filled with a maliciousness that was undeniable. Whatever else might have been a factor, there was an edge of depravity to that voice that made Ky's stomach turn. He recognized the type. Many rogues that he had encountered, were the same way. They enjoyed the pain of others, just for pain's own sake. The fact that this animal had Kara for all these years to play those sick impulses out on rankled, more than that it made Coda thirsty for the wolf's own blood.
"There seems to be a mistake, because she is not your mate." Ky answered resolutely. Gently adjusting Kara in his arms, he lifted his gaze to peer back at Travis, giving a strained smile.
"Oh, there is no mistake. She was promise
