per
, that was all I knew. A cold, creeping fog of sil
n't felt in a year. My inner wolf, long silent and shivering i
st thing I saw was my mother, her face stained with tears,
cent that cut through the stale air of my sickroom, a scent my
, asleep. She was the source. My mind, now blessedly clear, started putting the pieces
ceremony with a chicken, I'd heard Gareth crowing about it through the mind-link before I sh
. My muscles were weak, screaming in protes
to my side. "Jasp
" I asked, my v
ed, gesturing to the sleeping woma
of her jaw. This was no meek, sacrificial Omega. My gaze fell to her hands, and I
leaped to the darkest conclusion. Was this
were a startling, vivid green. Our eyes locked. A jolt, powerful
. I would n
led, the words to
ror. But Carina... she didn't flinch. She just looked at me, a
ack from the dead, Alpha?" she asked, her v
elp," I retorted, pushin
for anything," she shot back, st
my voice low. "You and my family, forci
said with a small, infuriating smi
the words a desperate
id, her smile vanishing. "We
that belied her exhaustion. Something cold and
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