Meet my Overprotective Brothers

ppiest night of the year for the Ashwood Pac

aughter echoed through the village square, Elara stood in the shadows o

s everything, Elara had no visible power. Her wolf had never roared; it had never even

d onto one small, flickeri

as her fated mate. She had felt the pull the moment she turned eighteen, the invisible thread that tied her sou

Valerius stepped onto the raised platform, his presence radiating authority. Bes

gainst her ribs like a trapped bird. This is i

g on Elara for a split second. There was no l

rough the silence. "As your future Alpha, I have a duty to ensure ou

lacing his fingers through hers. Elara

declared, his voice echoing off the stone walls. "She is a wolf without a so

w. The invisible thread in her soul snapped, sending a wave of agony through her body that made her knees buck

pered, her voice crackin

from the platform to tower over her. "Look at yourself, Elara. You ar

nly Elara could hear, "I told you h

ther, Alpha Damon, stepped forward. He didn't offer a hand to

ings bad luck to the hearth. You are stripped of your name and your place. Pack your rag

st the mocking whispers, past the bonfire that felt like it was burni

thin dress and chilled her to the bone. Elara collapsed at the base of an ancient willow tree, f

pear," she sobbed into the d

didn't just drop, it turned heavy, charged with a terrifying amount of sta

ves. This was something ancient, like ozone and dark chocolate and expensive

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ranch made Elara freeze. She looked up,

ers broad enough to block out the faint moonlight. They didn't walk like w

his eyes weren't the yellow of a normal wolf, they were a piercing, glowing silver. Behind hi

unk. "Please," she gasped, her voice trembling. "I'm jus

was enough to make the trees groan, yet as he looked at Elara, the terrifying

dless of his expensive clothes. He reach

to vibrate in Elara's very bones. "Little sister, we've spe

him, her breath

ked a wet strand of hair behind her

promise of violence meant for someone else. "And you are a Princess

sadly, another was scanning her for injuries with narrowed eyes, and the

nd her. Alert the Enforcers. We're coming for Ashwood. And tel

s Ryker lifted her effortlessly into his arms, wrapping her in a coat that

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