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to 're-evaluate' their positions. I had successfully isolated him, not just from me, but from

t, he cam

ss hall under Annie's supervision. I sat in the study of the east

idn't just open; they splintered, exploding inward a

rey eyes now glowing with a feral, silver light. He was significantly larger than any other wolf in the p

face of a dominant, enraged Alpha was a powerful instinct. But I fought it down. I s

the room-a sharp, metallic smell like blood and ozone. He stopped just feet from me, his mas

even breathe. I just met

ut moment, a standoff between man and

sting until the man stood where the wolf had been. He was naked, his powerfully muscled body gleaming in the l

his voice raw. "Yo

voice quiet but firm. "I just turned on

either side of my head, trapping me. His face was inches from mine. I could

nd my will to his. "You will call the Alphas back. You will tell them you were m

urging me to obey. It was the power he had used to rule th

is command was most potent, was fractured, weakened by his betrayal. And my

e and did the one thi

mall, cold, p

like a physical blow. It was the first time

ace. He couldn't understand why it

t lie for you. I will not clean up your mess. You made your be

slammed his fist into the stone wall beside my head. The wall

my eyes. He saw the steel in my spine. And in that moment, I think he finally understood. The E

whisper. The rage was still there, but now it was laced with a dawn

attered it. I thought of the pain, the betrayal, the lonely nights, the sec

, my voice hollow. "I want my freedom. I wa

m. The word 'rejection' was a phy

. "You are mine. You

ndermine you with the pack, with the allies, with everyone. I will be a cancer in your reign until y

ally landing. He had trapped me, but in doing so,

ng me alone with the splintered door and the cracked wall, a testa