My heart seized. I scrambled to my feet, desperate to reach her first.
Too late.
Raven recognized her in an instant—caught her scent on the wind. She lunged forward with predatory speed and grabbed Seren by her small shoulders. "So it's you!"
Then she whirled on me and cracked her palm across my face with enough force to make my ears ring. "You knew your ugly little runt wasn't good enough for my son—so you decided to seduce my mate instead!"
The blow sent white spots dancing across my vision.
Seren burst into terrified sobs, her young wolf whimpering beneath her skin. She looked frantically at Kael, her voice breaking with confusion. "Daddy… why is she hitting Mommy…"
Raven rounded on her with a vicious snarl, her fangs glinting. "Who are you calling Daddy?"
"That matchmaking scry-post was a jest! A grubby little omega runt like you could never bond with my son—not in a thousand moon cycles!"
Seren was wailing now, her whole body shaking with fear—but Kael only frowned, his expression cold and distant.
"Take your mother back to the den," he said flatly.