ra

l tower into a dull throb. The poison ran through my veins like ice water. For a werewolf, our inner wolf is our secon

lways a hum in the back of my mind. Now, the connection was dead. It fel

ac

ting hit

ac

s thrown t

ing over me, her hand raised for another slap. Next to her stood a human doctor-one of severa

iserable stray

, but my chest fel

e trembling. "Her vitals are crashing. She has

elene crossed her ar

purifier immediately," the doctor ins

ealing our pack's resources for years by pret

p from the cold floor. M

roat dry and burning. "The r

k. The Binding Rune was starving. It needed the Alpha's aura to survive. Without Kaelen's energy, the magical scar was

rune is overheating! It is burning her ski

witchcraft anyway. Maybe I should just c

Bang

heavy silver doors. Someone was th

e screamed from the hallway.

access has been revoked! The Sanctuary has sent tw

alert meant an

Silas sobbed through the door. "We must

ontrol panel by the door. She pressed her p

the penthouse. Lock out Silas and the entir

etal bolts slammed into place, the m

"Selene, you stupid, arrogant gi

Selene shouted back. "He i

e filled with despair. "In the Alpha's life, this Omega

ent comple

into a dark, ugly rage. The idea that a low-ranking, stray Omega

my cheeks, forcing my jaw up. Before I could pull away, the suffocating weight

she whispered. "You are no

you try to remove that rune by force, her soul will

, wiping her hands on her dress. She look

ncil," Selene announced. "A public trial.

rched toward the

e without the stones,"

. The Wolfsbane dragged me down again. I curled into a ball, holding my burning neck. I focused on the tiny, dying spar

d oblivion, I felt him reaching for me-a golden th