CHAOS IN THE PACK OFFICE

{"Delusions and lies are like huge, gaudy vessels, the rafters of which are rotten and worm-eaten, and those who embark in them are fated to be doomed"}

TOR'S POV

Hours before leaving for Hanka Island.

I stood at the doorway of the pack's conference room, listening in on the heated exchange inside.

Aqua was on the floor, taken down by Wave Bolt, who stood over her, his presence crackling with raw power. His voice was sharp, cutting through the tension like a blade.

"My mate belongs to me and no one else," he declared, his eyes blazing with warning and his tone darkened. "And you," he continued, directing his words at Aqua, "should stay away from the Gale family. No matter what you were born for, your mate is not the Alpha of the Bay Shifter Pack."