Chapter 26 - Triumphant Love.

Not having set foot on the Silverdale Manor property since her father's banishment, Angel was terrified by the very ground she walked on.

With every step onto the property, she began to feel more and more anxious, glancing over her shoulder at the thought of suddenly being accosted by Marcus' most loyal.

Yet nobody seemed to notice her until she joined the crowd at the far end of the property, where the entire pack had gathered around the edge of

one of the open fields to witness the alpha challenges. The main families of the pack all stood at the center, surrounding their eldest sons and offering encouragement for the day ahead.

Angel thought it was pretty barbaric and she

would have liked nothing more than to put a stop to it, especially when she saw Layon amongst them, standing alone save for his father's second, Roscoe, who had taken over her father's position after his banishment. The whole thing seemed like pure idiocy to Angel, and yet it was the way things had always been