Chapter fifty

Darell didn't bother to respond and went straight to the hall. When he had cut Marcelyn off from his life about a month ago, this had been what he had been trying to escape.

He went to his seat and sat down to await the assembly of his elders. At the fifteen-minute deadline he gave them, everyone was already standing in the hall.

"Which one of you threw that woman into the dungeon despite knowing that she was my mate?" Darell asked them as he let his eyes bore into them one after the other.

"She's a vampire," his mother said to justify their actions.

"Yes, Alpha. How can a vampire be your mate?" one of the elders spoke up to support Alicma.

"Yes, she is a vampire and yes, she is my mate. Don't you all think that I know that?" Darell responded with fury.

"True, that's why I said that your mate was dead," the priest spoke up.

"Well, she's not getting out of prison. Not on my watch," Alicma said.

"Mom, the fact that she is my Luna should have made you respect her," Darell said, nearly sc