v

the overwhelming, intoxicating scent of *

ries of last night crashed over me. The shadowy stranger. The terrifying jolt of electricity when his skin met mine. T

wrapped in his linger

uzzed sharply on

embling slightly. The screen li

t to stand before the Moon Goddess and bin

Vivienne's legs. *My everything.* The hypocrisy was so thick it was suffocating. While a stranger had held my broken pieces together in

uldn't stay here. I couldn't face the man in the shower, whoever

sparks still dancing on my skin and bolted from the Alpha's su

oom felt like a beautifully

nobles from the Blackwood and Stone packs watched me in solemn silence. My bridesmaids-Lara, Rose,

nto a mask of loving devotion. But beneath his youthful scent of *sunlit grass and musk*,

ne's s

handeliers. "Do you accept Aaron Blackwood as your Alpha and mate? Do you

followed was he

s smile faltered slig

" I

ke a bomb in the silent room. A colle

hock. "Liv? What are you

"I refuse to bind myself to a man who spent the eve of our Unit

ding near the front, drain of all color, her icy blue eyes wide with terror.

ng toward me, his hands balling into

moved, my gaze drifted past Aaron's shoulder and locked ont

authority

lver threads gleamed in his dark hair, and his jaw was set like carved granite. But it

e wave of *winter-bitten cedar and ancient leather* slammed into

he stranger f

claimed me, the man whose marks were currently hidd

ther. The

ightly as the realization hit

nobles, my bare feet hitting the thick carpet as I bolted for the e