Goodbye Alpha, I'm No Longer Your Blood Bag

lle's

n might as well have been claws raking

ood binding required. You kno

e you, Zarelle? Fi

eased to $ 100 K.

urself to the healers withi

hite around the phone. There was no warmth like a husband in his tone-just the sh

I was in this

untouchab

k's bottom-

we shared a room. Never let our scents entwine unless necessity dem

offering up my blood, my strength. Each donation left me hollowed ou

ct is a pact." Hi

bank for the woman he actually loved-a resource contractually bo

owning in pack politi

the first place. His fated mate, who married his elder bro

ion. The elders saw their chance in my rare blood:

, I'd signed my

to be my c

into Calden's glacial gaze. The world had narrowed to the sound

my chin a

"But you're her donor first. When Thessaly needs you, you come

could defy the bond between them-that somehow, I'd beco

ery time Thessaly was hurt, I was summoned lik

no m

as

tening around the wheel-until my pho

ed messag

eath

t-a jawline that could have drawn blood, lashes dark as midnight, that mouth made for cruelty or sin (thou

she was.

oulder, her lips curved in a s

arms crossed, every inch the untoucha

eath was a pois

s rest together. Know

arled back, but accidentally flicked to my cam

y wasn'

d too thin over sharpening bones. Dark smudges bruised beneath my eyes, a fatigue too deep to bla

ngered? Why I was only ever worth h

es and rose-bitten lips, her gaze heavy with th

ught. The shadow clinging

ving him was just making me a fad

have ea

for the driver-just shoved the door open and strode toward Th

t open before

Earth.

primal and intoxicating, and my inner

he predator beneath. When his gaze landed on me, annoyance flashed-then

to frost the air between us. "Then why the hell didn't you

ess cut of his jaw, the predator's gaze that could bend entire packs to his will, the corded muscle

d be the

amping around my wrist hard enough

n my ears. I braced against the couch, my muscles lock

a snarl. "Then why are

olves who'd torn out their own bonds rather than live as slaves.

ake. "I'll give her my blood.

n the edge. "Money's already in your account." A dism

e words cracked

ibrated through the room, rattli

aze without

ed to knives in my throat. "I