Declarations were one of the parts I’d always hoped to avoid. It was for women to be dragged into camp by their mates to reveal their mark to all in the camp. Declaring them possessed by the man that’d ‘tamed’ them. I hate that term. Tamed. Like a house pet. I’d be damned if I were anyone’s house pet. If these boys thought they’d won, all this game they’d be sorely mistaken. I stared at them as they faced me across the room. The closed door behind them. What they don’t know is, I’ve not forgotten how I controlled them with that pleasure. How vulnerable they were to me. If I was going to stay and be their mate. It’ll be on my terms. Vanquish had set forth the expectation that guidelines would be set. Yeah, well they’re going to be set by me. Determination set my jaw. “Wh