Thor

a balcony overlooking the gardens. "Stay here and don't wander," I ordered, my t

hed me. "Yes, ma'am," he murmured, the slight am

Dr. Alistair spoke in a low, confidential tone, confirming that Kael's body bore no pack markings. He was, for all in

m Nina. It was a file. I opened it to find a scanned copy o

re a heart should be. Any lingering connection I felt to Zane, any faint echo of the

knock. My adoptive mother, Eleonora, swept in

y door. Her face twisted in disgust. "Elara! Have you no shame?

. "Sister," she said, her voice dripping with false concern. "Zane and I are going to have a child. A

nodded in agreement, her gaze cold. "Lyra is right. For the good of the f

ll like a curtain to hide the ice in my eyes. I mad

ra's smirk widened. She sauntered over to Kael, circ

king over him with contempt. "He stinks of the w

e in his eyes before he expertly masked it, sinkin

hrew it on the floor at my feet. "This is the annulment

lating machine. They were so eager, so sure of their victory. As I reached for the document, I delib

full of fake panic. "I'm s

d her arm. "Forget it," she snapped, her patience gone. "Jus

ng a trail of smug sati

e to my feet. "Why do you let them treat you like that?" h

ry. "Fighting back now only warns them," I said, my voice like chips of ice. "I'm going to let them have

an. "I need you to do something for me. At the birthday

his stormy eyes w

s I spoke. "But I'm going to beat them to it. I will announce that I have found a new mate, and on

lpha male than to be publicly rejected by his mat

's face. He looked at me, at the burning f

last thread connecting me to this family, to my past, had just be

wered, her voice a promis

gaze. He knew it too. The sleeping l