se

ed on a deep crimson tablecloth, and the stern portraits of past Alphas glared down

used

Clink.

silver fork against a crystal goblet. The sharp, grating

jaw was tight, his Inner Wolf, *Titan*, clear

stop," I said, keeping

t even looking up from his plate.

ed hand over Jace's arm. She offered me a condescending smile. "It t

y, Alpha Jace. It is blatant disrespec

ing. But before he could unleash his temper on me, Leo, emboldened by his mother's defense and the Alpha's sil

in my stomach. I stood

n ice-cold the second I stepped inside. Leo was standing on his tiptoes, reach

nts. The only piece of my soul that hadn't been

a sharp, Alpha-Luna edge bleeding

fiant sneer. "It's old and ugly! Uncle Jace is th

" I lunge

bove his head and hurled i

sickening crash. The black-and-white photo of my parents fl

e swallowed

Leo burst into theat

the boy into her chest. She glared at me with venomous

gressive, suffocating protectiveness-but none of it was for me. He rushed

e broken glass, desperately trying to salvage the torn photograph. A sharp shard sliced

ld like that?" Jace's voice c

ruined photo to my chest.

emained entirely devoid of empathy. "Stop overreacting, Elys

sical blow. He didn't just dismiss

nued, his tone hardening into an Alp

to kneel and apologize to his mistress's b

e years. The last, pathetic thread of my hope sn

ped from my lips, h

three of them, and walked out of the room. I climbed the stairs to my

-suite bathroom, turned on the faucet, and thrust my bleeding

picked up my encrypt

void of any emotion. "Do it. Tomorrow. I don't care