sisted. 'It's time to wake up Selina. It's time to accept who, and what, we are.' I couldn't understand. I did
y will and he instantly hid. I don't know where it came from but all I could focus on right now was the strange yet familiar man wh
hat wasn't human. The tall stranger burst into the room. I wasn't going to cower in a corner and wait for him to pounce. I lunged, my hunting knife hethe smell of copper filling the air. I caught his gaze, his eyes, grey and cold like a calculated killer.
st, a bolt of white-hot lightning erupted at the point of contact, searing through my skin and into my very soul. It wa
er storm, bled into a terrifying, beautiful gold. The word 'Mate' didn't just echo in the room; it vibrated in the marrow of my bones, a primal decree that silenced the static in my head. He let out a low, vibrating, inhuman grumble that made heat pool in the depths of my stomach. As heat radiated between us and our scents fused together - cedar and p
od. But you're not a ghos
m off but the static was giving up the fight. It was almost
ned in until his scent - cedar
d the static kept trying to deny me. "I've tracked, I've broken, and I've killed. If you want to survive the night, you'd better pray I'm better at kill
ispered. "I thought the Silver Queen's heir
e kept bowing to me or why people kept
you are talking about" I s
plained. "I am lead enforcer for the Blackwood Pac
tated, although deep down something a
. "Elias" He snarled, "Stop breathing so fucking lo
ept out slowly from under the table, c
lesh and blood. And you're mine." The Houn
fated mate?" He collapse
me. How could he possibly know this? At the same time though, the way my body had reac
t howls, gradually getting closer, five, maybe six heartbeats closi
c informed me. It was right. I cou
hound turned
at the Hound's feet. Or should I say
s her head. We need to work together to get her out of
to build
in rug in front of the hearth to reveal a trap door. "I'm not waiting around f
grave. So yes. We're leaving." Finn declared as if it was his idea in the first place. He
led the men down the small, dark, dug out tunnel to my sa
d. God he was such a wimp! I was goi
from the inside I'll rig the tunnel to collapse. Anyone who manages to follow us down will be trapped and we will be lo
and only one way in and one way out." I had asked her why I would ever need it. Now I knew. It appeared she
hand on my back to steady me, sending a
Once we are somewhere saf
to explain. "As long as you are alive you
sertive fog filled the air again and it was almost
ther's m
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