The Alpha's Rejected Heir: A Mother's Revenge

He said the Hatfield Curse killed every Alpha female in childbirth, so h

desperately trying to smuggle out of the p

cret four-year-old son. He believed his mistress'

bled, telling him it was hi

insane. He raised his heavy mili

ning crunch of sm

oice drifted from

.. p

noia won. He stomped again, crushin

n to the scavengers and cast me into the

didn't know he had just murdered th

the ocean take me, only to be p

king back into his life. Not as

pte

yme

ne, built to survive siege and shifti

p. T

thm that made my teeth ache. I lay curled in th

.. oh, A

that turned my stomach: synthetic vanilla and musk-Fau

husband. My

wall I'd built. She wanted to comfort him, confu

" I whispered. "H

lso promised to protect me from the Hatfield Curse-the genetic defect that kill

killing my

Faustina, a she-wolf with wide hips and a shark's smile, was the v

the skin-on-skin contact

rym

ugh the Mind-Link. Breathless. Ragged.

back, locking

like a physical slap. "She... she needs the Alpha essence direct

slammed th

oor. Then, the heav

nob turne

ice came from the hal

stina-but underneath, he was dumping pheromones. Thick, heav

," I cho

lt the pup move. She was in pain. She needed my strengt

ur anni

cked. "You think I want this? If you were pre

. He thought h

, skeletal frame. I was already a g

," I whispered. "You've just