The Mate They Called A Mistake

a's

e spoke at the meetin

he tried to test their weight. "Explain y

said. "The magic of darkness intruded upon the ceremony, and red

ed. "So it was not just the

as a foreign thread in it, a da

Caedmon's voice rise loud and victorious. "S

d had been disturbed was what I said, and I have yet to discover where the magic comes

it is hidden or not? For the rest of her life she's always bee

n't ask for the essence to come

hands balled into a fist. "You've always dreamed o

quarely. "I never wanted your life El

This will not be resolved by accusations.

ith dirt caked on my knees, all of their eyes looking at me. I could hear bits of what they

rn and face the group,

nsidering the gravity of tampering with the sacred bonding

This time it wasn't even the wolf ess

my voice hardly r

wd for the first time today. I looked around and found him standing up, his eyes glaring at the council. "The seer hers

plied "The situation

hydian said. "I'll not permit an

u think you should do, Rhydian? That we just let her g

eplied. "I said I'm not going

At least keep her locked up where she can't cause any more damage

I saw a few of the elders nodding along. But before Ysolde co

e wolf essence must be taken out of her. It has no

wly. "Okay, do th

from before in a tighter circle than they had been. I was bound by two of the council's wolves'

ne said, her voice lacki

more th

ed in me looking for something to hold on to. I was paralyzed, my body went limp and forward, but the wolves that held me were s

ne whispered, but to

verything blurred around the edges of my eyes, and then suddenly the pressure was

rk of light I saw as the essence entered me and glide

seconds if it was goi

d, it

crossed the space straight to where Elaris stood watching. It was before she could w

eaching to clutch the front of her

e stunned and

t's back in her. The bond has

es and shaking "It was her magic that tampered with the bond. now it'

ay, my voice hoarse. "I t

ving Ysolde, and the rest of the c

of the reasons. The look on Rhydian's face was once again impervious, his jaw clenched,

listen to me. No one had e

turned to him. "As her Alpha and father, it'

ittle pathetic part of me that was still hoping for someth

e forced my father to swall

flash o

amily. An exile of no return. This is my final decree.

. No one at all

let the wolves let go of my arms. I stood up shakily, not wanting to look at any of them, toward the w

nt of me, her body still as white as paper, her fing

nt, there was a coldness

is not