In the Frostfang pack's banquet hall, candlelight cast a reddish glow on the oak long table.My fingers were turning white as I clenched the hem of my gown, the embroidered silver threads on the fabric digging painfully into my palms.According to custom, I should be sitting at the head of the table beside Ethan Hawkins right now, receiving the pack's blessings.But the other side of the main seat was glaringly empty.Malcolm Tolliver, the butler, said in a trembling voice, "Ms. Blair, Ethan's Beta is here."Having served my father for many years and watched me grow up, Malcolm's eyes were now filled with pity.When I looked up, Ethan's Beta, Travis Mercer, had already stepped through the door. A silver emblem of the Bonevein pack was pinned to his suit lapel. The wolf's head on that emblem was something Ethan had personally shown me last year."This will be your emblem too from now on," he had said in a tone soft enough to melt, while his fingertips brushed against my earlobe.
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