Thorn
puttered and died. The chatter and laughter faded into a shocked, suffocating silence. Ev
n his stormy grey eyes met mine, I saw no remorse.
linched away from his chest, scurrying to hide behind his ma
ker said, his voice a low growl. It
through the cro
e? I thought sh
ss, she's wit
bout th
duty to know every guest in our territory," I said, my tone deliberately formal, every word crisp and clear. This w
ks of that whore!* Kara snarled, he
g at my public defiance. He was the Alp
, maybe I should go..." she whispered, her voice trembling pi
s the aggressor. I watched as the hard lines of Ryker's face softened instantly. He turned his he
and did something that made
himself firmly in front of Faye, completely
s brutally, un
hose
me-a crushing wave of his Alpha's Command. It wasn't a spoken order, but a pure, dominati
, but the suffocation wasn't from his power. It was from the sheer, soul-crushing agony o
a searing, white-hot burn, as if a brand
re I fell, my pride the only thing keeping me upright.
t boomed across the silent clearing. "Faye is unde
answer. His pub
h our people before being silenced by a
ng clenched in a giant, invisible fist, squeezing until I couldn't breathe, couldn't think. Five years of marriage. Five
ained, heartbroken howl. *He c
pain sharpened, so did my resolve. My eye
ing. This was the
Ryker's shoulder. A faint, triumphant smirk played on her
thing harder, colder, and far more dangerous. I met Faye's gaze
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