Prologue
"Renee, it is time for me to return." A deep, soothing voice spread over the rooms in calming waves. A young woman, who looked as if she was in her early twenties, tightened her grip on the baby in her arms. Try as she might, she could not just simply shake off the calming affect the Indian man's voice had on her. "I can not put my duty on hold any longer. My people need a cheiftan and I need an heir to take my place once it is time for me to return to the spirit world." Renee opened her mouth to argue, to say that the man already had an heir, why would her need another, before clamping her lips together tightly. He would only counter with the same answer as always. "It goes against tradition for a female to rule." Or "The council will never allow it." Both pointless arguments. They both knew that if he wished he could simply deem it so and the council would have no choice but to go along.
The Indian man watched as the woman gazed at the child with such affection that it nearly tore his heart in two. He hated the fact that he was unable to tell Renee of the secrets of his tribe. But she was not his rightful imprint and spilling the secret to anyone other than who the wolf chooses is forbidden. His gaze hardened to steel as he gazed at the thing that lay obliviously happy in the woman he loved arms. He could feel the power that the child possessed, could see no emotion behind those dark obsidian eyes, no trace of humanity. The creature was not made for this world and if possible he would have killed the thing on the spot. But he would not harm the only thing that seemed to make Renee happy these days. "I am sorry," He began hesitantly; "I love you." With that he turned his back and raced out of the small house that he had bought Renee, a last request that he couldn't deny her. He began to shake violently as his mind wandered to the dark abyss of his mind. "No!" he roared as his clothes began to rip and his bronze skin was replaced by Black fur. His bones creaked as they twisted and grew to change his shape into a powerful wolf. The alpha of the pack.