la

hut behind me, sealing me ins

is that demanded absolute, instinctual submission from any wolf. Beta Alton Marsh stood silently in t

hands and bowing my head in a flawless display of Pack nobility etiquette. My dormant W

y desk, looking down at me with a sickening mixture of pity and guilt. "You have suffered a great injustice. I am

y perfect, rigid posture was the fragile shell

ectly, letting him see the absol

utting right through his heavy aura. "I am not he

pulling together in genuine con

ike a death knell in the quiet study. "I want to officially sever my ties with t

ating silence fel

shadows, and Adrian's amber eyes wid

sla. If you actively sever the bond and leave the Bloodfang Pack as a wolfless female, you will lose all prot

olluted by the stench of another she-wolf. He stood before me reeking of her pheromones, de

natural lily and cedar scent to surface-clean, unyieldi

olf radiating a silent, fierce pride. "I would rather walk into the wilderness as a hunted Rogue than accept a fractured, disrespectful ma

the border war struck a raw nerve deep within his Inner Wolf. The gu

of a second before I forced the tears back with pure willpower. "I will adopt my third brother's orphaned pup, Javion. I will raise him,

ickening pity in his eyes vanished complet

ak, wolfless girl anymore. He was looking at the ghost of hi

spine," Adrian murmured, hi

r, unstoppable force of my resolve. "Very well. I will grant your request. The Royal

enuine, liberating sense of peace washin

oice stopped me before my ha

elding protector. "If anyone in that Bloodfang Pack dares to lay a hand on you, or tries to touch a single cent