a's

echoed in my head so loudly it fel

lled me without blinking? A man who could have forced me to do his bidding with a si

en dragged here in chains, loo

e in waves. What kind of audacity did I think I had? What kind of coura

one of it

e was to bear his children and be discarded. The

to myself, mind drifting back to the

t kind of argument could make a man like him chang

ughts. "Do you want time to think about it?" Draven aske

s his eyes met mine and I stiffened because they were

whether this was a test or a trap. An Alpha giving a slave the illusion of c

ghly dou

until my mouth betrayed me and I blurted

hy do you want me to be you

said evenly. "And failure to do so means losing the Alpha title to the next bloodline, but I happe

se a breeder but the Elders forbade it and insisted that the future Alpha must

as if the Goddess herself might be listening. "I will never carry your ch

said calmly.

eder will carry my heir in secret. When she successfully births a son, I will take the child in and pres

were horrifying. And yet... strangely, he had

ays. One moment I was walking home through the forest, exhausted but hopeful. The next, I was sol

said yes, what if the entire year became a nightmare of politics

d survive an entire year safe from physical abuse and I wouldn't be discarded

e clear, so with my fists clenched tigh

You will do what?" He asked and I repl

ted only a second before taking it, allowing him to pull me

orning, I will inform the Elders that I have found my fated mate and intend to make her my Luna

will read it, understand it, sign it and understand that once the agreement ends

gain, but he cut me off. "You sh

to go." I admitted. "I

dam Roxanne. Then inform her that you are one of the girls b

about to reach the entrance, the man standing there, glared at me.

o left or right, but then chose right at random. After

lainly dressed looked at me, surprised. "I

ded. "Can you take m

iled. "I'm Nicolle,

rl no older than five running down when she suddenly tripped and f

noticing that she didn't cry or spe

rom my arms. "I was just helping her up." I said, stun

y do you look upset? Did

d at me." I said quietly and Nicolle scoffed. "T

asked and Nicolle let out a chuckle. "That's not just