ra
days p
ntic, directionless energy. Kael lay
rrying a wooden tray. The air was heavy with the smell
a gentle Beta, but I could always smell the stale, grimy scent of a Rogue hidden beneath her cheap rose perfume. She needed me laid out on
er eyes welled wit
She reached for my sleeve, but I took a half-st
say only a miracle can save him now. They've tested dozens of wolve
nteer my rare White Wolf blood, just as she had in my dream. She wanted me to be th
g no echo of feeling. The words left my mout
d, confused b
ld save him! You love him,
her dress to her carefully arranged hair with undisguised disdain. "You are his
opened her mouth to speak, b
g her a solitary white fi
d. I had felt noble when I volun
the current Alpha, emerged into the corridor, his large frame bl
f hot herb soup on
lining my head in a
t me. His eyes were
s have tested everyone in the Pack. No one's b
rew dense, a palpable weight that pressed upon my
mand, a power that force
onating with that compelling power. "I need you to allow t
my knees. I had wept and consented, a
d. A warm current spread through my veins, pushing bac
on the crest embroidered on his
"But the mid-term examinations for the
tudent under the Crown's treaty, I am exempt from forced Pack
t me, utterly stun
pivoted on my heel. My worn leather shoes made no sound on the polished stone as I retreate
k to the base
g for me. She looked
ispered, her hands trembli
r and crouched
ough, warm h
er eyes. "I will never give them my blo
. She was an Omega. Fear of the Alpha
tective light ignited in her eyes. A m
squeezing my hands. "You protect
contract ends at the Winter Festiva
d kissed h
opened an old, heavy book filled with ancient magical runes.
d up my
to earn a pe
to write m
o weeping girl in white
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