Mate's Vengeance
"Celeste, I've barely noticed the girl. I couldn't pick her out of a lineup of servants if you asked me to. This sounds like jealousy, and it's beneath you."
"I'm not jealous," Celeste said, but her voice had risen slightly, losing some of its usual cool control. "I'm being protective. You're about to be mated, Kael. We're about to form an alliance that will strengthen both our packs. I won't have some opportunistic servant undermining that."
"One maid doesn't have the power to undermine anything," Kael said, and Sera could hear the weariness in his voice. "Celeste, we've talked about this. You need to trust that I know what I'm doing. Trust that I'm committed to our arrangement."