“No, you didn’t have to.” He dropped the carton on the nightstand beside me. “What do you think they are going to do with her?” I rubbed my face with both hands, holding back my tears. I kept recalling the horrible state I saw her in. How do I save her? “Now that everyone has come together, they are all going to mark her one after the other. And I think you know this already, that the reason they all came is that Wendy had come of age.” “What’s stopping them?!” “Stopping them?!” “Yes, why are they hesitating? I saw Kellan earlier when I went to—” “They are all waiting for Sihwa to appear and make an announcement. You know, he is the oldest and the most powerful Alpha among all of us. The news should have gotten to him by now about Wendy being our mate.” I clenched both of my fists