The temptation was too great. Choosing was a premise of the Goddess, following elemental instincts, never forcing wolves to do something they didn't want to do, but what about lycans? What about destroyers, and priestesses, and laws?

“I can't let you mark me, Maddox.

Her lips trembled and right then Maddox sent it all to hell.

“Briccia, do you think the Goddess loves you?”

He saw her smile with confidence. She was, perhaps, the only lycan in the last few centuries who had felt so blessed by her