Daryn was subjected to so much anguish and pain that life was becoming unbearable for him. It was a well-known fact that if werewolves, especially the Alphas like him, didn't mate after identifying their mates, they could go mad. He was also aware how mad wolves were taken down by their own tribes.
Every other night, when he couldn't take it, he would scurry around the mountains, leave deep gashes on the trees and pick up fights with unknown stray wolves.
The puzzled painful look on Dawn's face when he deliberately provoked her by hurling every rude word he could think of, during the dance gnawed his heart and made him miserable. His wolf wanted to dominate her, claim her.
But that could lead to breaking an alliance with dangerous consequences.
