I turned to the whole room, my gaze sweeping over the sea of suspicious, hurt faces.
"I am also a mother, so I understand what it means to cherish your child. And as a mother of Noah's child, I refuse to let my cubs grow up thinking they are the only ones who matter. If Noah won't bring his children together, then I will. I'm not here to steal anything, I'm here to give these pups a future where they aren't just 'the King's mistakes.' I want them to be a pack."
The woman who had sneered earlier stood up, her tail lashing behind her. "And how do you plan to do that? You think a few words in a stone hall will change the fact that he doesn't know my daughter's name?"
