gistration for a welcome run?" I asked, my voice

es. "That's truly touching. Are you positive he's just your brother

m simmering. "That is enough. Aria, show som

d oath here and now. I will never bind myself to Ethan Draven. If I ever crawl back to this pathe

stalked out of the Sunrise Den, leaving the

oesn't she?" Victor Draven chuckled awkwar

show her a little dominance on the ice at practice tomo

. "Don't spoil your females, Ethan. If you do, the

ould hear the frustration snapping in

I can go to the Stone Legal Chambers and apologize if it helps you feel better. I don'

nder the table at Northbridge Academy, t

ce softened, losing its edge. "I could never

same," she

Alpha Estate. It was a sprawling territory gifte

I walked through the heavy stone archway. "Weren't you and Ethan

r the stairs, grabbing my single su

nd flashed back to a night months ago when I'd reached for it

e of a piece of t

rd. I tried his birth date. D

estate years ago. September 2nd. Labor Day. I

the gallery. No pack documents. No hock

wasn't a single image of me. The only proof I existed in his life was the formal po

e camera. Apparently, he only h

down and wi

rcuit, Aria?" Linda asked as I dragg

ied, my voice steady and prof

to the estate to a tomb-like sile

rd to get now," Ethan muttered to himsel

g and mentioned a business trip.

e actually working a case, or

aits were already taken. The pack expected the union.

a smirk touching his lips. "She

separate rooms for months-completely failing to notice th

ang. High A

registered? The pack

We'll finalize the paperwork after you

ike loose ends. And I heard

ago to a rival Alpha, and how she'd vanished into the northern territories the next mor

's back,"

la. She's still part of the pack. But Ethan...

derst

ith me. The last message was his own, telling me he couldn't make it