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refusing to believe Lucien saved her at all, much less for noble reasons. “Lucien’s hatred for his brother overrides his hatred for me. I live, Lucien rubs the fact that I am here in Rafael’s nose. I die, Lucien’s revenge dies with me.”
    “You are wrong about Lucien.”
    “There will never be love lost between us.”
    “Only you can change that.”
    “My heart aside, Talia, I would never betray Rafa by loving his brother.”
    “Would you betray the pack by refusing your chosen one?”
    “Mondragon is not my pack! Lucien is not my chosen one!” Falon denied knowing as she said the words they were a lie.
    “Both are now! Whether or not you understood the options the council had to work with, you agreed to accept their decision . The Blood Moon is on the rise. The packs converge. The battle for our existence will be fought in less than two months’ time. Accept that you are here. Accept that this is not about you but about the survival of a nation. Have you no honor? Does your word mean nothing? Would you disrespect Rafael’s honor by refusing the council’s decision?” Talia leaned in close. “If you refuse to accept Lucien as a mate, he will lose face not only with Mondragon but with the other alphas. Become a laughingstock. We must all unite! It is imperative he be at his strongest, most deadly now in the shadow of the rising. And Falon, you can give that to him by accepting him and by marking him.” Talia stood. “If you refuse, Mondragon will tear you apart and seek a more worthy alpha. And what, pray tell, Falon, do you think your beloved Rafa would do then?”
    Falon swallowed hard and shook her head. But she knew the answer.
    “He would destroy all of them and in so doing sign his death warrant.” And the honor Rafael lived and died by would die with him. She could not do that to him. Not for her own pride, not for anything.
    Talia grabbed her by the shoulders and shook Falon so hard her teeth rattled. “You are a selfish, stupid woman if you do not realize that the survival of the Lycan nation is bigger than your longing for another. A thousand lives are dependent on the packs uniting. It is the only way we can defeat the Slayers. Without Mondragon and Vulkasin to lead the nation, there will be no Lycan nation left to fight for.”
    “I did not ask for any of this!”
    “You may not have asked for it, but when you marked Rafael, you accepted all that went with him. Including accepting the code of honor he lives by.”
    Falon shook her head, not wanting to hear the truth. “I cannot accept Lucien as my mate.”
    “There is a difference between cannot and will not. Either way, you are a fool, Falon. A fool who cannot see past her own human weakness.”
    Falon opened her mouth to school the little Lycan on just how dastardly her alpha really was but instead clamped her mouth shut. There would be no good in making an enemy out of Talia.
    “Where is your almighty alpha now? Licking his wounds in a hole somewhere as he plots more ways to destroy his brother?”
    Talia smiled tolerantly and stepped back. “I am a healer; I took care of Lucien.”
    “I would have given you the moon to let him die.” Falon slipped from the bed, carefully standing on the floor before she took another step. “I need clothes.”
    “Lucien has given strict orders you are to walk among the pack as you were born.”
    “Lucien can go to hell! I’m not his sex slave, and I’ll be damned if he’s going to humiliate me by refusing me clothing.”
    Talia stood for a long, contemplative moment before she said, “I don’t agree with his tactics…”
    “Why did you choose to stay with him when you could have gone back to Rafa?”
    “I love Lucien as I love Rafael. The blood of both packs runs through my veins. Lucien needs me.”
    Falon swept past her to the window and said over her shoulder, “Lucien needs no one.”
    “Ah, there, my lovely, you are wrong,” the devil in wolf’s clothing said from the