phin

Astoria Hotel. Every step was a fresh wave of agony. The severed mate-bond was

ck had gathered. The night air was thick with their hostility. As I was

ait

e's w

afe haven, were now glacial and empty. He watched me with the detached coldness of an executioner. Beside him, Genevieve wore a mask of false

Pack's dungeon. The heavy iron door slamm

elp heal the physical bruises, and no access to the mind-link to beg for mercy. I was entirely alone wit

ame. Not

ne floor, shivering uncontrollably. As I curled into a ball, pressing my hands again

sions to certain smells before all this madness began.

t. Almost fiv

ively around my abdomen. This tiny, fragile life was my only remainin

nally groaned open. Pack Elder Elias Vance stood

ur life, Seraphina," Elias said, hi

ited in my chest. Had he investigated

d with his back to me, staring out the massive floor-to-ceiling window that overlooked the territory. The room was

ward, unrolling a

re found guilty of treason. You are hereby stripped of your rank and permanently banished from the Bla

slashed across the page in blood-red ink. I noticed there was no pla

asn't mercy. This was a fate worse than death-to be branded a tra

d past me toward the door, his broad shoulder brush