ela

ere were no windows, only a single, flickering bulb tha

my mother's amulet. Kason must have stepped on it when he threw my boxes down here. It was m

whispered, though her voic

mured. "We a

el bag. I didn't pack the clothes the pack had bought me. I didn't pack the jewe

sketchbook. A small stash of cash I had earne

y father had arranged the ticket,

was the Pack Healer, the only one who had tre

d up. "I need a favor. I nee

," her warm voice filled my ear. "I

escribed me as a "clingy Omega who didn't understand her place." The comments section

get some supplies for... for th

, she might be obligated to tell th

ockdown for the preparation of the Mating Ceremony next we

Thank y

was five miles away.

was blinding, but I kept my head down. I stuck to the tree line, moving silently.

shop that marked the boundary between the Oneal lands and the neut

cat dragged in. Or sh

fr

shop, sipping a latte, was Dalia. And nex

ushes, but Kason's head snapped up. His

is voice was

s Alpha Aura. It wasn't a physical blow, but a psychic weight that

pavement, scra

g over to me. He loomed over me, blocking out the sun. "

k," I stammered, fighting the ur

und that grated on my ears. She walked over and kicked

him. His fingers were rough. "You don't leave this pack unt

stung worse than th

cific alert for a High Council call. He released my ch

his tone shifting from aggr

at. Payne. Hadley Pay

ne. "We will be attending. The Mati

up, look

e Alpha want?" Dalia

nds the presence of all allied Alphas and their... partners." Kason looked a

d. "That's m

ie with disgust. "We have to go. Now. And we can'

aby. I don't have a personal maid for the trip. My

. "Fine. Isabela, get in the

hispered.

ela," Kason snarled, his eyes fl

rcing my legs to walk toward his sleek black SUV. I was a prisoner in my own