NOR
modest wooden house on the quiet,
steady my breathing. Before I could kn
friends. She saw me and her face twisted f
loud enough for the whole neighborhood to hear. "You assau
ed faster than I'd thought. Bree must
ked past her. A silver-haired, stern-fac
e was known for being a stickl
ice was low and commanding. His
slightly in a formal Pack greeting.
rence silenced her with a single, sha
closing on Wendy's indignant face. I h
was simple, smelling of
the one opposite him. "Sit. Tell me what happen
." He didn't know how close
, I dropped to my kne
rrowed. "What is t
nly a firm, calculated desperation. "Eld
o committed the assault, an
h both hands. "This is the Rejection petition, mutually agreed
e words "mutu
eyes widened slightly when
did it come to blows?" he asked, his mind
eed to part peacefully. But when I started packing my things to leave,
the red marks on my wrist where
ng a man's head open?" Lawrence w
demand!" I straightened my back, my
e that I, Elinor Mercado, was unworthy of him, that I was the one abandoning the mate bond, a
bomb. Lawrence's expres
ve insult to the Moon Goddess. It was a Pack scandal of the highest order
ntrol and struck him," I finished, lowering my head, my shoulders
room grew thick and heavy. He stared at me, his ex
what he has to say. In the meantime, you will sta
/1/125272/coverbig.jpg?v=d00ae9c96576e326377154baa04fa85d&imageMogr2/format/webp)