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ega scrubbing Alpha Kane's floors, hidi
ntually win him over, especially after I sh
ind-Link, cold and mocking, speaking to
to keep the elders off my back while I secur
true knife twist came during
wolf wielding a knife, K
ting rogues tear his flesh to pro
mate bond to save a woman who d
or her, and my love f
t for him to realize Serra was actually a h
ed him under the full moon
, broken Alpha crawled to th
eeling in the frost, his eyes des
ting securely in the grip of the
ed me, Kane,"
ne to save you from
pte
ith
invisible stain on the Blood M
nails: scouring stone floors until my knees were raw, cooking feasts I wasn't allowed to eat,
t from settling in my marrow during the lo
ane was
The scent had slammed into me like a physical blow-a heady, intoxicating c
eature, had clawed at my chest, howling a sin
i
ody. I swallowed the truth. I never told him. I waited, praying the Moon Goddess would gu
, he simply chose to ign
ack. I poured my devotion into every shirt I ironed
e day the sn
rogue bear-massive, mutated, and foaming with madness-had ambushed the hunting
rm stumbling in the deep drifts. The bear reared up, a mo
ed before my mind could pro
I threw myself into the void between the Alpha and death, snapping at
eeded. He lunged, tearing the beast'
e white around me. Kane shifted back to human form. He was naked
't look through me. For the
The sparks-the electric jolt of the Mate bon
, his voice low and rough with adrenal
er his touch,
mb tracing the line of my jaw, "maybe I can give you
se became
with military precision. I mediated disputes between the Omegas. I took on the burdens of a Luna without the
for him. Fo
weeks preparing the Great Hall, ensuring every garland was hung with care. I believed-t
ckle in my mind. It was the Mind-Link. Usually, the Alpha's private channel was
n Goddess simply
female from the Silver Lake Pack. She had been lingering around our ter
utching the damp dishrag unt
ched. Void of the heat he had shown me in the snow. "S
a teased, her mental voice dripping w
tool. An Omega who thinks she has a shot at the throne works harder than ten paid warriors
ped from my
e bile rise in my throat. "You are the only Luna I want. She
k snapp
The festive music from the Great H
et out a sound that wasn't a howl-it was a scream of pure, unadulterated agony. The bond, thHe had al
y love as
they were closing in, crushing me. I turned and ran.
roots and rocks. I didn't shift. I couldn't. My wolf
y, gasping for air. The cold bit i
he way he looked at me in the snow
rough, calloused from months of labor
t," I whispered
once. "Child, not all Mate bonds are gifts
ging from it was a small, carved wooden wolf Kane had given m
t tore my thro
ather
it into
ldn't serve him. I couldn
, hunted thing without a name-than
kness of the unclaimed lan

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