Hunting Season (A Royal Hunt Trilogy)
The alpha laughed loudly, “I like your misplaced chivalry, zeta. But I’m afraid I can kill you right here, right now, and still catch up with the human woman.”
“You can try,” Archibald readied himself for battle, baring his claws and his fangs.
The alpha approached proudly at him, “What’s your name?”
“Archibald… Archibald Novak.”
“Oh, the child of the Novaks… Are you perhaps bored as well, being an orphan and all?”
“No, I’m not,” he replied, still poised for an attack.