Xavier’s POV
My heart pounds against my ribs. “The Prime Claim?”
Margaret’s brow furrows as she glances between our joined hands and her husband. “It’s a myth. A fairy tale.”
“Dear, sometimes sheer will, devotion, and raw power can rival the Goddess’s own design.” Vance releases my hand, his gaze lingering on my palm as though the answer might be written there. “Texts from the First Era speak of the Prime Claim. When a bond has been desecrated by betrayal, a true Alpha’s devotion, born from deep, unyielding love, can break through the laws of fated ties.”
Moros knows of it, I can feel it. But only hearing Vance speak the words finally confirms what some forgotten part of my wolf already understands.
“An Alpha’s wolf, if strong enough and driven by the instinct to protect, can challeng
