Fishe
I'd arranged for Julianne. She didn't give it so much as a s
space. It smelled of her, of cool moonlight and clean paper. It was a
ushed through her mental ba
her pain. She turned, and her violet eyes were
calm. "Explain why you brought a pregnant woman in
erate to soothe our mate, to pull her into my arms and beg for forgiveness
ith a silver-tipped arrow. It was Hector Gonzalez, Julian
me swear I would look after his only daughter and his grandson. "I gave him
o understand my duty, my honor as an Alpha. "Julianne's mate was killed
law, and an oath sworn on a dying man's blood is also law. I am tra
led with grief and pressure, of comforting a distraught Juliann
on. When I was done, she let out a soft, short laugh.
ted Mate has fathered a child with another woman, and I must welcome her
you to be her sister! I'm just asking you to accept
el. "The one chosen for you by the Moon Goddess. There is no such
core law of our societ
her. It hated Julianne's presence
g for me," I repeated stubbornly. "I have to
nd for the first time, fire lit her violet eyes. "You'll use my
" I roared, feeling
eyes dying, turning back to cold ash. "I will not accept it.
judgment, cutting off
raw anger surged through me. She was
arm, trying to use my Alpha dominance t
arm, then back up at my face. Her eyes were filled with a
e a brutish tyrant. I released
my head, pained tha
," she said, taking a step back, creati
r meant, and her words carried a d
d up a heavy ring of brass keys a
e pushed the keys and the ledger toward me, her voice flat and calm. "From this day fo
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