er

it. It was a cold, empty space where my soul us

n Alpha with an empty heart. Five years ago, I had ri

been, felt like a "phantom limb", like an arm

her Alphas in the room. We were having a big meet

e dying, and my warriors were

eron," a voice hiss

e, but he still acted like he owned the world. He s

" I said. My voice

Silas said with a mean laugh. "Keira was a mist

e glad she jumped into that river after you rejected

remembered that night. I remembered the way Keira's eyes

right thing for the pack, but my

over," I told th

ave

private study. I locked the door behind me. T

single white flower that never died, it was kept alive by

"I'm sorry," I whisp

irl with soft eyes and messy hair stoo

ed forward, my h

. I saw her everywhere in the shadows of the hallwa

shown me her broken body by the river. I had

on the door

ary is here. The one we hired to protect the b

eyes and put on my Alpha face, th

in old clothes. Instead, a huge, black armored SUV, a car that

ed, and a wom

smelled like the air right before a lightning storm, sharp, cold, and electri

ess made of black silk that hugged

re a mask made of white bone. It was carved with strange s

he Alpha?"

melodic, chilling rasp that made the hair on my arms stand u

ron," I said, s

etic pull hit me in the stomach. I

r five years, suddenly woke up. He starte

e was dead. This woman was tall, strong, and

She couldn't be the small, "

alked toward me, and even though she was sh

he looked at my neck, like sh

rt was racing. Why was I so attracted to a stranger? Why

when I need to be. I heard your pack is fallin

is fine,"

s so close I could feel the coldness coming off her

ed. You are haunted. And the thing that is attacking yo

n the front of my shirt. The touch was ligh

grab her waist and pull her against me. I wante

mask?" I asked, my

o handle," she whispered. She leaned int

mies, Theron. Are you sure you

ings you want t