DIANA'S POV
I felt AJ's hands around my waist stiffen the second my father uttered those words. My mouth parted in disbelief as I stared up at him.
The disgust wasn't gone; he looked at me with the exact same cold contempt he always had.
"Just like her cursed mother," he hissed. "She is a lost cause." He glanced briefly at Elijah. "And I want you to drop your pretty fantasies and face what is truly at stake for this pack."
"You address your Alpha as Alpha," Elijah growled, his burning gaze locked onto my father.
Curtis Stone's mouth twisted in sheer mockery. "Be grateful you even hold that title. You only have it because of me."
I glanced at Elijah. His jaw was clenched tight, a suffocating Alpha aura radiating off him as if he were ready to tear someone apart, his fists trembling at his sides.
