tory looked different fr
he wooden cabins of the village didn't look like the impenetrab
g the reins so tightly my knuckles were white. Beside me, Kael rode a be
were thousands of them. They didn't speak, didn't shift. They just stood
shut tight. On the other side, I could hea
, intimate rumble that carried only to my ears. He was we
of deep crimson silk that clung to my curves, topped wit
thought of the rejection
I said, my
ed one gl
walked. A slow, methodical advance. The sheer weight o
d warriors were lined up behind the barricades,
command that seemed to shatter the morning air. "Or I wi
Then, the heavy iron gat
r, trying to look every inch the powerful Alpha. But I saw the truth. I saw the way his han
ed in white furs
ross a dangerous line. The Blackwood Pack has no quarrel
urged his horse forward, stopp
Kael loo
nded hi
let Kael help me down. He kept his hand firmly on t
nto the light, the Bla
gh the crowd. The Ome
drained of color. For a second, he look
ut. "What... what is
rward. Her face twisted in ugly, jealous rage. "You're suppose
gaze. I looked at her the way one
ringing out clear and cold across the clearing. "And I
hat followed
e fresh, unmistakable mark on my neck that was no lon
n stammered, his face twisting in d
AC
d, he was standing beside me. The next, he was in fron
ed nothing. Damien's sword clattered to the dirt
is crimson eyes burning with lethal malic
hina screamed, draw
at her. He released
raphina's dagger fell from her hands as she collapsed to her knees, gasping for air. Behind th
ra didn't touch me. It flowed ar
I said
them flickered, then calmed. He opened his hand,
ce carrying across the silent pack. "Look
s eyes wide, filled with a mixture of terror, regret, and desperate longing. The mate bond
. "I... I made a mistake. The Moon Goddess... she
The man I had loved. T
in my chest di
o a whisper, though the wind carried it to ever
against the stone pathway. I stopped
g like sweet, dark wine. "I am a Moon Blessed. And you, Dam
him. I turned my b
er my shoulder. "Take what
, predatory, and utte
and yanked his head back, forc
s now mine. And if I ever see you look at her again,
lked back to my side, hi
rmured, his voice dark
ses, Seraphina, still trembling o
oice unhinged. "She's a monster! She's c
, a sharp, blinding pai
isi
t, sudden, an
aw Damien on his knees, screaming. But
was
my eyes glowing a terrifying, monstrous si
g backward. Kael c
ce sharp with concern. "Wha
nds. They were cl
om heat of the fire on my skin.
breath coming in sh
red, a cold dread settlin
I pulled away and pract
f the vision wasn't the
hat I en
own, that this was
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