The Omega's Secret Lover

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ncounter with Marcus hanging thick in the air. Isolde walked beside me, her footsteps soundless against the forest floor. Despite her earlier bra

low her to let those emotions cloud her judgment. Marcus was a danger, not just to

oftly, her voice cuttin

d her, finding her eye

e in lingering here. Marcus will move when he's r

de often kept her silent when she didn't agree,

the leaves. It wasn't just the wind. The storm

Carring

if the very earth beneath our feet was bracing for something. The lights flickered faintly

tween Killian and Marcus or the undeniable pull I still

my partner. That bond was hard to sever, even with the betrayal that still burned inside m

lost in his thoughts. His golden eyes flicked toward me, and

aren't you?" he said, his vo

wouldn't I be? He was my mate, Killian. You

leave his eyes. "You're not meant to go back to him. He

is threats I was battling-it was the history we shared, the love

voice hardening. "But I can't just erase e

aid quietly. "But you have to accept th

d expected, and for a moment, I

pathway echoing in the night. I didn't need to look back to know Killian was following. His presen

e already gathered in the grand hall, their discussions cutting off as

red Marcus?" he asked, his

't think he's here just for

We'll need to increase securi

for the worst. He's not just going to walk in and demand w

ould see the unease in their eyes. This wasn't just a matter of a rogue Alpha-Marcus had

. "One that accounts for everything-Marcus, h

lingering a moment too long. "You're n

ht of the situation. It was clear that Marcus wasn't just a per

im destroy everything I had

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d myself standing at the back of the room, watching Isolde interact with the council.

ain. But now? She was standing tall, her voice st

t seeing her rise to the occasion like this..

wasn't like the other wolves, the ones who saw her as a prize or a mere

tached. The fight with Marcus was co

t their assignments. I stayed close to Isolde, my instinc

well," I said, bre

n in her posture. "I had no choice," she said, her

words, and for a moment, I allow

ve to," I rep

eeting mine. "I don't need you to

xpression neutral. "I'm not here to fight your battles. I'm

was wrestling with something inside. Her gaze flicked towa

s coming,"

ssly inside me. "It's not just th

ixture of defiance and de

n was whether we all would be w

unseen dangers that lurked in the shadows. Marcus wasn't done with us- not by a long