Seraphine’s POVLysandra stood so fast her chair scraped. “Alpha, you cannot—”“I can,” he said. “And I did.”Torin’s mouth opened. “This is unprecedented.”Rhydian turned to the pack. “She stays. Anyone who touches her answers to me.”The room erupted, people yelled, some cheered, and most looked furious.As I stared at him, my heart slammed against my ribs. He had just put himself between me and the whole pack. Lysandra’s face went pale and she looked at me with pure hatred.Rhydian walked to me. “Come,” he said quietly.I followed him out, and the doors shut behind us.The doors to the council room had barely closed behind us when Rhydian let go of my hand. His fingers slipped away quickly, as if touching me burned him. I stopped walking and looked up at him, waiting for something to show he was still the man who had just stood between me and death.He kept moving, three steps ahead, he stopped. “Rhydian.” I called him. He turned slowly, and his eyes locked on mine. I took a
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