en's

?' I thought, staring deeply at the str

d sworn that after losing Helen, the only woman I had ever

ough my veins because the Moon Goddess did as she pleased, always had, alway

who happened to be my second-chance mate. But even as I crouched before her and grasped her jaw tightly, tilting her face to meet mine,

when Ragnar's scent filled the air and I looked to see my Be

eased her jaw reluctantly, my claws f

, tension coiling in my sh

back to buy breeders?" Ragnar began, hands on his h

ers want." I admitted. "I

rs to bring you before the Council of Kings. They'll dredge up every unnecessary instance of your disrespect just to make your life mise

a sneer. "I will never replace Helen." I said, voice low and unwa

d for five years! It's time to move on, Draven. You need to

o not ever speak suc

se past years. You've refused to move on, refusing to accept that Helen is go

l in my chest, reminding me of every wrong I had endured, every

it explicitly clear that the future Alpha of Hellbound Pack cannot be born fro

chosen as a Luna. But Helen would have hated the idea of sharing her Alpha. Never

." He said, firmly. "You cannot ignore the Elders' rule

er, my eyes alight with sudden resolve. "Hold on. I've just had an

g at a corner as I approached the

e this one behind." My gaze fell on her because still kneeling, and trembling th

tone deceptively soft. "Aria." Sh

a, how would you like t

ke her my Luna, have her bear my heir, then dispose of her afterward. But then, the u

N

he had the audacity to defy me, the Alpha of Hellbound Pack, in my own territory? My

t the corners of my lips, as my instinct screamed at me to crush her, and bend her w

ost to myself. "You may have j