Voren had never fully trusted Killian, not for a single day since their paths first crossed. The second he felt sure Seraphine could handle the leftover scraps of her old pack from inside the SUV, every bit of his focus locked onto Alpha Killian standing out there in the cold.
"You're on my territory, and I don't like it one bit," Voren said directly, Alpha Killian's mouth pulled into a nervous smile that never reached his eyes.
As much as he feared Voren, it would be worse for him to walk away without getting the chance to have the princess on his side, so he put behind the consequence and squared his shoulders.
"Alpha Voren, Athaliah comes from the Silver Moon Pack. Since when does that put her inside your territory?" Before Voren could even open his mouth, Killian kept rolling.
