“Does it have to do with your mate?” He questioned, his voice even softer than I’ve ever heard it in all his years of being my second in command. “Is it like an ultimatum thing?” He added, and I sighed. How could I have forgotten how persistent he can be, he’s so persistent that it irritates me. “
AIDAN NIGHTINGALE. My blood boiled, and despite the fact that all five elders were gone, the room still reeked of their arrogance, and their words clung to me like a second skin I couldn’t possibly get rid of. Empty. The word echoed in my head louder than the shattering chandelier, louder than the
The chandelier that sat confidently overheard shattered into smithereens, plunging the chamber into a darkness lit only by the glow of my eyes. “Tell me, elders,” I growled, my voice layered with the snarl of my wolf, deeper, darker, monstrous, and even more animalistic than anyone’s ever heard, “w
“I don’t have the whole day,” my voice was low but heavy with an impact that wasn’t only felt but forced their heads in my direction. “You can’t keep wasting my time.” The tension already lingering in the air snapped tighter, it was so sharp that I could tell not a single one of them was breathing,
AIDAN NIGHTINGALE. Elder Esteban drew in a breath and not just him but the entire room held its breath as I looked from him to the other four elders sitting right in front of him. Elder Abel, the only one amongst the elders that emitted no hint of hostility, we have conversations outside of the co
The other elders in the room shifted uncomfortably, their shoulders drawn, their breathing uneven. No one spoke. They couldn’t. The attention of his colleagues was forced to him, definitely not by choice but because his aura had demanded it. “Enough show of power, Elder Edward!” The second elder s