COLBAT'S HYBRID BEAST

{"'There is no greater glory than love, nor any greater punishment than jealousy. "}

Two days later, all hell broke loose, and we chose to gather in the Royal Garden to deliberate on how to respond to the reaction of the pack since Freyr appeared. Aside from collapsing into bed at night, I had barely gotten a moment alone with Freyr, exhausted from the constant planning and pretending. Those were the only times I could hold him, bury my face in his neck, and pretend, even for a moment, that we weren't in the middle of a damn masquerade.

That peace, however brief, was about to be shattered.

Wave approached us with a grim expression. "There's a dinner planned by the Bay Shifter Council. The whole pack is on edge after hearing that a distant relative from the Gale family has arrived. Word is spreading fast that she needs guidance to awaken her wolf."

I exhaled sharply, already irritated. "Wonderful."