hina'

reached out a hand, my palm slapping against the cool stone of the wa

aged to choke out, my voice a str

red across the doctor's exhausted face. "His consciou

my chest. Was he calling for me? After ten years of silence, o

ling for

came from behind me, laced with a venom so pure it was br

ocking the hallway. He was taller than I remembered, broader, his presence radiating a raw, aggressive power

of its former beauty, her eyes hollowed out by sorrow. She looked at me, and I saw a flicker of p

The sheer force of his Alpha-heir aura pr

ce ringing with theatrical contempt. "Well, look what the cat dragged in. The great shame of

cross the face in front of everyone.

ther," I bit out,

You destroyed Celeste's life, you shattered her bond with her mate and forced her to go R

I didn't remember what happened that night, not

me you brought on this family wore him down, year after year! It weakened him! And n

he attack. It was the most poisonous a

led in my head, a furious,

no memories to offer as a shie

s to see his daughter! His pure, honorable daughter, Celeste! The one wh

Celeste. But the thought that my father, in his last momen

blurred. The blood drained from my face,

forward. "Ethan, t

h the authority of the next Alpha. "This is pa

ou hadn't been carrying another Alpha's pup in your belly, the elders would have had you

e old wound, the humilia

vision, and met his hateful stare. "Let me see h

him. It was like throw

upper arm in a brutal grip. The strength in his

to ask for *anything*?" he sna

mother, at the doctor. They just watch

eath itself settled deep in my bones. I was utter