t in California-was growing desperate to find his mate. Without

missed an opportu

ad?" I sighed, barely

exactly wh

et, then it's not time." My voice was edged with f

tudied me for a moment before walking out, lea

strongest pack if all anyone ever

rson to love me unconditionally, and there wasn't a wolf

thout a Luna, they felt incomplete. But

er, pulled me from my thoughts.

l be t

patrols, not as Alpha. But

r, Turner was already waiting. He

'd find y

"You know m

by. Still on the same topic?"

It's like he doesn't have anything to

ts the best for you. And the pa

they want. That won't make her magical

't push further. A mind-link interrupted

e said before shifting int

, letting my thoughts drift-unt

me like a bolt

. It was intoxicating. My wolf, who had be

Ma

fr

edge of my territory, was a fi

chest. But then, beneath her alluring scent, I

ro

y fists. My ma

s, unpredictable, and usually exiled for a reason

sly, I ap

ecause she turned-and when o

cean, striking and deep. I had never se

y m

Mi

dawn in her eyes as well. She

out, my hand brushin

's your

speaking to her. Then, barely ab

he sound. My wolf basked in the m

I murmured un

uth to say somethin

we get back to the

t I didn't let go of her. In

una has

t-pure, unrestrained joy

xxon

mate wasn't p

ere? That sure as h

could tell me what I was. And now, instead of sneaking around, I was being

x, I muttered u

have found my mate. Ma

as the worst

my mind. The book is here. And the pack elders may know more

allowe

, I agreed

ed everything

e moment we stepped inside, I could feel dozens of eyes on me. Whispers filled

hrough the main hall, his touch both protective and p

staircase leading to the upp

ogue." It was

d but met hi

w clench

he stair's railing. "I'

, but he didn't push. "I'

hiver through me. His wolf was

we reached the highest floor, he led me into a spacious room. It sme

His voice was softer

k tones with a king-sized bed against the far wall. Floor-

e," he said, watch

ted in surpri

flashed. "Of cours

ere for a book, for answers-not to be pulled into some whirlw

ok a step back. "Get some rest.

like that,

I couldn't sit still. Th

tly down the hall. If I was lucky, I cou

led me where I needed to go. At the end of a

shed i

s, stretching toward the ceiling. It sme

searching desperately.

k of the

elf. Maron had been right-it existed. The answ

, ready to leave. But the moment I st

pack grounds below, their eyes na

der!" on

book behind me,

tify yo

nd out I had taken something from their sac

a second before they moved in,

the Alpha,"

my throat. This wa

ents, I felt

Ro

glowing with raw authority. The warriors ste

oing on?" his voice w

lf, Alpha," one of them explaine

s eyes darted to the way I clu

said slowly. "

in-to lie-but before I could

ot the chan

ugh my veins like fire. A violent pulse of energy explo

ground hard. An

De

of blood fil

ile

rror, the green energy still

nd me recoiled, eye

. didn'

my voice shaking.

Eno

ice was

ntire pack, he uttered th

Jaxon, reject

world

nforgiving, tore

ng at my heart as t

llapsed to