en

rity of snow, but the harsh, bl

orry,

way, like he was speaking fr

ress, the Alpha Command... the fet

ollowed out, like someone had reached inside me

d of me. Or maybe he was afraid of what Connor would do. He didn't know Connor wouldn't care. "I will admin

voice sounded lik

un

No emotiona

e psychological trauma... combined with t

spered. "I wa

look at him. My ey

pain. I want to carve it into my memory s

't scream. I wouldn't give the universe the satisfaction. Seraphina, my wolf, howled in the back o

ssed. Conno

m leaving a jewelry store with Gemma. Headlines screamed

s while I was burying our

ne on the third morning. My voice w

you were unwell," the

y assets. I want you to sell my for

. "Sell? But... that would lose the Jones

ott G

eorge was the Alpha of the George Pack. Our riv

. I want the severance of the Mate Bond prepared lega

ill me," Sterl

actice to the ground," I said calmly. "I

ung

eaming in agony, every step sending shockwaves thr

n I walked in. The

ont door ope

rm. She was wearing a white dress. My white dr

bottom of the stairs. I was pale, wearing swea

id. His smile vani

here,"

grip on his arm. "Co

that infuriatingly reasonable expression. "Haven, we nee

. That was th

e?" I

grief on me. He didn't smell the emptiness. "But we can make this work. You are the Luna. You ha

ted me to be his workhors

arried to you while yo

k," Connor said. "We a

She was smirking

no 'we',

just ascended, step by painful step, leaving them in the foyer.