a
ea of hostile faces. The silence that followed my exit wasn't just
rew thick with his dominance, a crushing physical pressure meant to bring me to my knees, to make me bow. My own inner wolf, a timid and quie
as a heavy, roughly carved medallion of black stone-the sigil of the Blackstone Pack. But this wasn't th
the arrogant indifference I had just
rumbling sneer that carried across the silent cou
of his wrist,
the gravel at my feet. It bounced, the cold metal scrapin
he dirt. A simple act was required. Bend over. Pick it up.
wouldn't win me my father's pity;
otlight, strode forward. She slammed her shou
er only I could hear. "Everything here is mine. Caleb is mine. This pack is
ing this too easy. If she struck me here, in front of half the pack and an allied Alpha, my father would he
sed by an Omega she considered less than dirt was an insult s
ink. I simply tilted my chin up s
ht. Give me exa
and
rough the air, sharp
d froze
his tone absolute. But his eyes weren't on her. They were locked on me, narrowing s
e of anger and embarrassment. Thwarted, she turned her venom on the crowd. "What a
's guest and feed their own cruel instincts, began to shout. Vile insu
ara weeping by the car, trying to p
I straightened my spine, letting their hatred wash over me like
ough the noise. "Where am I to stay?" I directed the ques
stinctively, pointing a gloved finger toward a path that led a
in the dirt, I started walking. I moved
ly ignited. A jolt, like pure static electricity, shot straight to my core. For a fraction of a second, that wi
as quickly
e body went rigid. A low, guttural sound-almost a whimper-was torn from his throat before
straight, my head held high. The crowd, stunned into silence by m
g into my spine. I could feel his confusion, his ang
id start forward, likely to p
his voice a raw, ragged com
corridor and finally allowed
over. The war
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