d into Moonveil territory, I knew

y Alpha line. Power rolled off him in suffocating waves; raw, dominant, unmistakable. Every wolf in the clearing fe

ther stood

n I

ated

sensing a predator far beyond our reach. I hated the way the night felt hea

l, I hated wher

er

neath the moonlight. Her scent soft, familiar brushed agai

nd scar

nched

e what I n

f that over a

though no one stood close enough to hear. "An

f didn'

poken since

l but guarded. "King Xavian of the Bloodmoon P

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robab

d, his voice deep and calm and somehow more terrif

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awled up

ed," my father replied caref

ze sharpened

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hesitate

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ting," he

. Something about the way he said it felt li

gaze mov

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ely stepping closer to Theo. That movement small, d

essiv

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ved it

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" I answered, lifting my

over me slowly.

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ppled throug

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d slightly. "And what

ed. "Weak. Submissive. She

narled

nored

y to Seris. Something unreadabl

he air

ding. Wolves dropped to one knee without meaning to.

hadn't

is pow

ss," the Lycan King said quietly. "An

burned i

o kneel," he continued.

pounded

his words felt like

no longer worth his attention. His focu

it then.

udden. Te

nearly b

t wasn't

s broken. Se

d y

sion hardening as something ancien

recogn

n slammed into

seeped int

voice resonating through

is f

placing himself between them. "

fted to Theo not a

rio

ead slightly. "I respect loyalty," he

shot back. "Everything t

d in Xavian's eyes,

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e," she s

scar on her ski

k a single

ir cra

ldn't

u," Xavian said. "And fate

yes wi

stif

erupted in

ed. "No, this i

ears. I glanced at her and saw fear etch

oo

pack. "Moonveil Pack," he announced. "I

, then nodded. "Y

dropped to Seri

d gently. "Tomo

ked away, his warriors

th noise the moment he di

the spot, heart rac

arm protective around her sho

urned violently, pain tearin

e since the reject

e the wro

ched my

ered. "I did w

the truth festered, I

ejected

nswered by givi