via

, I saw Marcus losing his iron grip on control. He usually kept a clear head, a sign of his legendary discipline. But tonight, wit

gan to filter out, Marcus

ard, then flicked her gaze at me. "You. Hel

I just wanted th

rough his suit like a furnace. The scent of him-cedar and rain-was

guard dumped him on the bed and left immediately,

a hand shot out and c

't g

e was strong, even in his stupor.

and swimming. He reached up and touche

." he w

gid. "I'm

ing me. "I waited so long...

d my veins

bled, closing his eyes. "H

heart was hammering against

he groaned

n punched in the gut.

ading across his face. "Her eyes... her nose. Just like

ped br

ehol

ce dropping to a dark growl. "She thought she wa

w. "We'll name the baby Izzy... or Marcus...

ence. He

. The silence in th

on. It wasn't just about

him, and he had tolerated it only because I looked like the

he pain that had been consuming me for days sud

anymore. I

passed the study, I heard voi

much," a female

won't remember,"

he's been obsessed with me since we were teenagers, it rui

the g

ve, or she'll die. Either way, she's not a threat. She thinks it's the Mate Bo

tay to hea

didn't pack clothes

wooden crate f

ckyard. The embers from the party were

jersey. The pen. The dried flowers

hem onto

sterpiece of my devotion. The b

pered to the night air, "

paper curled, the charcoal wolf turning

rn until there

he window in the dark. He looked at me, and he saw the

ing, Dad,

tood up and went to his safe with a heavy resignatio

shaking. "In Montana. It's off the gri

ys. His hands were

rs spilling over. "If Marcus uses the Alpha Comm

im. "I lov

ered, holding me tigh

e on his desk.

nted to be free more

m the Moonstone Pack, I didn't look back. The

t something stir deep inside my gut. No

s a g