ALPHA Magnus Andersen
"Even when you were just a young pup training in the Frostfang Capital?"
"When I was a boy, I completely worshipped Ulrich," I confess, the admission slipping past my defenses before I can stop it. "He was older, fiercer, and represented everything I wanted to become for our bloodline."
"And your father, the Supreme Alpha King Tronte?" Stevens asks gently.
"Tronte Nielsen was a brutal patriarch who only rewarded bloodshed and fear," I answer, the memories turning sour in my mouth. "I learned very early that showing an ounce of softness meant execution, so every piece of respect I command today is drenched in the blood of my enemies."