“Why!So you can threaten him like Liam did?”I snap, becoming frustrated with everyone telling me to choose damn sides, forcing my hand.Gannon growls.

“I would never hurt you like that?”he says, and I feel instant regret at his words as he looks away.

“It’s Alpha Kade,” I tell him and his head whips back to face me, his eyes turn black, and his canines protrude.

“No.You are not his mate,” he snarls.

“Yes, I am,” I tell him.

“No, Abbie, you can’t be with him.I won’t allow it!”he snarls.

“It’s not up to you, Gannon; he’s my mate, not yours.”He growls at me, and the angered look on his face frightens me.

“No, you don’t understand.He is not a good man, he?—”

“I don’t want to hear your lies.First Liam tells me he is married and has a family and now you want to try get between us, too.Mates don’t cheat on mates!Liam said it himself regarding the king.He would tell me if he had a family before me.”

Gannon steps closer but I step back.“You’re wrong.But you need to listen to me.Kade isn’t who you think he is.I have known him for years?—”

I hold up my hand having heard enough and he stops, and I open my mouth to say something but then close it not wanting to say something I will regret.Instead, I head down the stairs toward the kitchens.

“Abbie!”

“No, Gannon.I don’t want to hear it.”

“He is married!”Gannon yells at me and I stop spotting Liam waiting by the doors, I growl storming off to find Clarice.