"I didn't want to go, but in case you forgot, I was seventeen and Peter was my guardian. I had no choice. I lost my entire family that day, so don't you dare belittle the pain I was in, and I've never turned my back on my name."

There was a soft growl, the wolf in him rising to the bait. "But I'm not a killer, and if that's the kind of alpha you're going to be, I'll stay an omega."