ex

tucked away near the border of the Pack lands. It was risky, be

burning everything I

had bought me. The

flames curl around the edges of a picture of us. Gavy

" I wh

ering the glossy paper b

irds outside stopped singing, si

t me. Rain

st my ribs. Not out of

the cabin ex

me as I scrambled backward, grabbin

od in the

was wild, his eyes glowing

ng the ancient, biological instinct to submit. I bit my ton

aid, holding t

sound. He stepped into the ro

n my land, Alex. Yo

perty! I am not yo

ldren!" he roared, closing the dis

slamming me against

er clattered

t, clawing at his hand. "I came ba

e squeeze

me everything. You were planning to take them

.. lying...

len

bmi

nd hit me like

y knees together and forced my head down. My body betrayed me,

down my face. This was the m

leaning close. "An Omega trying t

rled into a ball of agony. The

n. I saw no love. No regret. Only the arrog

inside m

Something de

s out through the crushi

rowned.

ing from a reserve of power I didn't know I h

he cabin see

st as if he'd been shot. The rejection of a fated mate, sp

as the bond

ipped out my heart with a rusty hook. I fell to the

to one knee. His face was pale, sweat bead

ection," I whispered,

ed. The silenc

up, his eyes murderous. He raised his han

ind-Link glazed

d at the air. "I

moment, his face

he nursery? T

s lying in a pool of my ow

, combined with the Alpha Command crus

he spat. "My childre

e cabin, shifting into his

He left me t

the edges of my vision. M

a single tear sliding

light faded, I felt

arting in

ever of death.

o itch. My bone

y throat, but I had