Karsyn POV He didn’t like having to stand there knowing that both Demi and Zac were going to lay hands on his Mate. Didn’t actually trust either one of them in making this oath to him and her, to his father and Renee even. They’d been relinquished from the Wintering Moon pack and were now Cold Moon pack members. That had been done first in the Wintering cells before they'd been brought here to the Cold Moon. His own father had barely looked at Demi, practically demanded her pledge of loyalty and had let go of her hand the moment the connection was made. She’d looked at him hopefully but had not gotten the usual loving and doting father she’d had all her life, had ruined her own life and was only just now understanding that Steffen was an Alpha and could be cold and uncaring when he need

