Chapter 6

Aldric's bones snapped and popped, muscles bulging as black fur sprouted from beneath his skin. He was shifting.

He was going to kill the woman who had shamed him, right here and now.

Screams erupted in the dining room as everyone scrambled back.

I stood there in icy indifference, watching the man I had once loved and later hated march toward the grave he had dug for himself.

Caspar let out a sigh, disappointment flickering in his eyes. "Blind to the end."

He waved to the elders behind him. "Handle him by pack law."

The pack elders struck in an…