Mated To The Lawless Alpha King

ak around her shoulders, Liana Elrend stared hard at the tattered note crumpled between her hands. Years of exile in the outside world, but the

neede

peaks of the Vale, the gates rose into view. From this distance, she could just hear the faint growls of wolves pacing the walls. She was

rend." Rough, the edge of his voice was

e forced the grin. She refused to show weak

nside. The courtyard was cold and unwelcoming, as she had remembered, and full of wolves (in human form). Their conve

s she

her fa

dn't let he

he satisfaction of seeing her falter. Her father's betrayal had poisoned her na

n the center of the hall, but none of them seemed happy to see her. Kael Drayve, the new alpha, sat at the head of the table.

tension. "Liana," he said. "I didn'

e and unyielding, drilled into her flesh, holding her there. The roo

nights ago, rogues attacked us." Fifteen dead. Six more are missing. 'You're t

itter, whether that was wh

the table. The pack needs you; that's wh

nt. Liana stared back at Elder Mora, who had pulled her graying hair

suppress the lump rising in her stomach. Do you think I came bac

"Careful." "We allowed

h to cut with a knife. Liana ground her fists at her sides and tried to suppress

ratched, slamming open a door behind him. He panted, "Alpha,

ly and rose to h

looking at Liana. Kael glanced past

," he said. Someone we've heard stori

ack for years of a rogue that survived death and destruction to become something even worse.

icker of something else-unease-i

w him with my own eyes. It's burned, twisted, his face. And

ashed, voices screamed like thunder ab

't figh

through t

at

el's roar. Looking at Liana, he tried t

e pushed down the memories she had buried, threaten

died her. Finally, he dismissed the council with a w

iana's direction. Soon, just Kael and I remained, envelope

tly, "Are you

ad, and quietly said, "No." "Yo

k, or a scowl, or something in b

nded, "Then why let me stay?" "

u can help us stop him

r throat. The Scarred One was too much of a danger to the pack; he was

ainst the table. "We'll start tomorrow.

amber. How had the Scarred One come to power? Why was he going after the

ightened. Ebonhowl Keep's shadows had never seemed

ing somewhere out there.