ian

ing me completely alone in the oppress

trast to the heavy amber and ambergris of my own aura. My black wolf paced restlessl

of my greatest mentor walk awa

r in my ears. He had returned from the border reeking of his polluted cologne, heavily masked by the sharp, cheap spices of Gamma Brenna Wilson's scent. He had

rictly forbade high-ranking officers from Rejecting their

n frontline morale, I had compromised.

aughtered and maimed bodies of Isla's maternal family, the Woods-a wave

return to the ruins of the Silvermoon P

ely refused to accept a polluted mate-bond. Granting her the Severance was the only way to save her from Justin's ine

hts. Beta Alton Marsh stepped in, his fain

ce tight. "The Dowager Empress demands y

to my mother's quarters. The heavy, suffocating scent of violet and agarwood

ed high-backed chair. Her face was deathly pale,

fury. "Arthur Crawford's daughter! You force a wolfless girl to share her mate wit

own heavy on my shoulders. "Mother, please. The s

g or cry for my protection against Brenna. She asked for a Royal Severanc

es shattered instantly into profound, agon

er mate love another sh

ghosts of Aileen, Candace, and Gina Reynolds, the favored mistresses my father had flaunted before her decade

ept, clutching her chest as if her ow

our kingdom. Yet the first thing she does with her newfound power is trample on the marriage and dignity of an innocent woman. She used her swo

all this. Justin Hayes thought he had won. He thought he had successfully played the Crown and tram

voice dropping to a dead

n stepped forward

n the blazing sun just like he made Arthur Crawford's daughter do. I will not see him." I narrowed my eyes, the amber in my irises