ra

roken by a sharp ping from my phone. An

baritone filled the car. "The pup is the only reason she's s

ilver blade. I tossed the phone onto the center

reen, his face draining of color

g to the clinic, wa

. "I only wanted to protect the

ttered, agonizing howl. I was ent

med into the side of our SUV. Metal shrieked. The world spun in a violent blur of s

Bastian was slumped over the wheel, unconscious. Gasping for air, I reached for t

ers, I found my phone a

'm busy," Ga

ked speaker. "Gavin, darling, which one do yo

r stepping out. He didn't have the feral, crazed look of a Rogue. His e

e roar of motorcycle engines split

ck Healer's Clinic. The agonizing emptiness i

s head. "The Alpha..." he started, his voice tremb

ice raw with grief and fury. "

glare. "He mind-linked me. He said... 'It's un

love for Gavin Blac

leaving no room for argument.

voice was rou

red, my voice brea

stood at the top of the sweeping staircase, wearing a simple white dress,

xhausted. Even from up here, I could smell the lingeri

at me with a frown. "Bastian told me about the ac

oice echoing like ice against the s

wisted in shoc

man who broke me, "there is nothing left b