t of whispers and stares. Zane trailed behind Elara, his
e, wood-paneled room. "Why would you throw away fi
d a black, credit-chip embedded card across the polished mahogany. It was her personal trust
le, took the card and swiped it through th
nked on the machine.
our account has a pre-set spending limit requiring Alpha Vargr's
ined from her face, leavin
rson had the authority to i
a
behind he
box in his hand. He looked from the blinking red light to Ela
he purred, his voice a low, mocking dr
ho had followed him in and was now be
ed clerk. "The cost of the
pinning her in place. "Consider it a gift. A
e final, crushi
he was buying her own act of defiance for her, turning her rebellion into a pathetic act of his charity. He was brand
undiluted rage sho
The words were choked in her t
leave, her pri
rm in a grip of steel. The sparks that had once prom
ainst her ear, his voice a veno
, this alliance... it owns us bo
fled, not walking, but escaping. Eac
cked face. Zane stood beside him, looking away, a flicker of discomfort on his face. Then Kade walked up to them, said something with
r pressing into her back. The breath she was holding burst from her lungs in a silent, ragged
t. Complete
ing for a cruel Alpha a
se from the ashes of her heart. It was her wolf. And it
no longer a scream, but a cold, deadly whisper. *Let's
traightened her black dress. She wiped the moist
ak was gone. All that remained
swift, precise movements, typing a message to t
om Nightshade. And Father... effective immediately, seve
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