THE FORBIDDEN ECLIPSE QUEEN CLAIMED BY TWO ALPHAS

a horror so deep it m

ears. She was my safe place, my quiet harbor, and

Eclipse Mate. Worse than that, my best friend was standin

o pieces who dared to touch her. My mind told me this situati

orward with silver chains, Luci

boiling acid. I knew Lucian better

gle night. The mere thought of his wild ha

I growled, my voice

are at him, but the wo

s completely gone. His eyes were wide, filled with a ra

games, he was already

ke something fundame

n brothers since we

bled together on the training grounds. We ha

ho would never betray me. Now, this fragile girl stood dire

outed, motioning for the Silvercrest guards to ad

aid cold

y," Lucian snarle

s chest heaving. "She belongs with the

d his chest with both hands. "Y

into a concrete wall. "You think I wanted th

sharp claws extending as our

s, barely holding us apart as we

y streaming down her pale cheeks. I saw the pure horror

guards and reached out

of soothing warmth washed over me. My inner wolf

face turned murderously dark. He looked like h

ew suffocatingly cold. The third symbol burned onto Elena's

en. My father, Lord Thomas Cross,

a's wrist, and his face drained of all color. He di

voice trembling slightly. "Leave th

stepping in front of Elena's body.

rushing grip. "The Eclipse Mate has never been a blessing, you

I demanded, pulling m

his guards to secure the perimeter, completely ignoring my questio

firmary, I snuck back into my family's estate. I bypassed th

anels behind his desk until

and the heavy wall slid open

ather journals and ol

found an ancient painting of the l

ainting had Elena's soft eyes, her e

ge describing the two male mates bound to the Eclipse Queen. One was rep

tle was written in dried red

e journal had been v

e portrait of my grandfather off the wall and found a tiny metal safe hidden in the

leaving my lungs

lena as a tiny baby, wra

r with a look of intense pride. Elena's mother was kneeling

na existed long before

he back was a date from seventeen years ago. Elena was only t