MOON MARKED BY THE LYCAN KING
"Every day for the last eighty years, I have been fighting for the moment you arrived. I have been building this kingdom into a force that can withstand the Elders when they realize you've awakened. I haven't been waiting for a Queen to sit on a throne. I've been waiting for a partner to help me tear it all down."
I looked at him, really looked at him, and saw the exhaustion beneath the regal facade. He was a man who had been holding up the sky, waiting for someone to share the burden.
"Tear it down?" I asked.
"The monarchy as it stands," he said, his eyes burning with a sudden, fierce light. "The Elders are leeches, Skye. They control the trade, the war, the laws. Nighthaven is a fortress,