Chapter 194

Ashton's POV I received a mindlink from one of the gate guards, two members of the Werewolf Council had arrived unexpectedly. I had no clue why they were here, but I told the guard to let them through. It was just past two in the afternoon when they showed up, and frankly, I was still pissed about how they handled Damien. The punishment they gave him was pathetic. A damn watch that tracks him for ten years? That’s it? He should’ve gotten way worse. Sure, the watch was impressive, custom-made to shift with him whether he was in wolf or human form, and spelled to last a year before being replaced annually, but it still wasn’t enough. Everyone in California’s werewolf community knew what he did. Humans might be in the dark, but we weren’t. And I hadn’t forgotten he took my mate from me. Not just tried, he succeeded. The only reason I didn’t kill him myself was because Maya told me he protected her and her sisters from the other men. It didn’t erase what he did, but we both knew things cou