sey

Bennett threw me

the Alpha and Luna were still a united front, d

nnett had chosen. It was modest

trance of the banquet hall. His hand gripped my waist tigh

ke a funeral

d, flashing a dazzling

he door

walke

gown of deep, blood-red velvet. In werewolf culture, r

the Luna's birthday celebration was a di

straight

holding out a small, wrapped box.

here, Aria?" I ask

in smoothly. "She is carrying

soothing gesture-something an Alpha did to calm his mate. He thumbed the se

re doing this right

I said, turni

e suffocating scent of them. I splashed cold w

pened. Ari

the door

gainst the sink. Her eyes flashed-the amber glow of her

ut," I

d once the pups are born, he'll find a way to break the b

wild and uncontrolled, a Rog

corative table holding a tower of c

as

lver platter that did the damage. The edge of

my arm. Blood seeped throug

lv

ng we were supposed to have. But for me? I didn't have rapid healing anyw

Bennett rushed in, fo

pened?" h

y from the pain.

her knees and clutching her stomach. "Alpha!

lie. I was the one b

He didn't smell the blood pouring fr

his voice frantic. He sc

Aria whimpered

outed at the guards. "We'

o leave, ca

ped. "I'm bleedi

He looked back at me,

bout that before you endan

he wa

ass. The pain in my arm was excruciating, but the pain in

ed Sarah, hurried in a moment l

oddess, look a

ound, picking out the silv

tered, panicked. "Because of the

" I said, my voice

oom. My arm was bandaged, throbbing. I

ria's room wa

He was releasing his Alpha Pheromones-a thic

, kissing Aria's forehea

. The blood was already see

a death sentence. Like the silver in my ar

d out m

ow Runners: I a