a P

ite of antiseptic and

ass. I forced my eyes open agai

's awake!" A so

issue at dry eyes. Fake-crying. Jaxon stood beside my

e," he said firmly, but his gaze neve

ast Jaxon, I spotted a

," I c

Jaxon snatched it from his hands and leaned o

wave of nausea so visceral I had to turn my face away. I grabbed the cup fro

, releasing her Omega pheromones-that sweet

now you're angry that the Alpha chose me during his heat. But please-I beg

at Faye with absolute stillness, my hands r

, waiting for the all-clear to leave. Let them think what they wan

lence clearly unnerved him more th

d quickly, her act faltering under my c

itched. He wanted

I said

eyes. The bond was broken on my end, but he could still fe

're my fated mate. The only Luna of this pack. Faye is just

was using the mate bond as a cage-trying t

, Jaxon," I whispered. The last shred of hope I

ually thought I was submitting. "Goo

lled my phone from the bedside drawer.

pp and typed a single line to

oon Pack vault room. Two

aye, alone in the vault, rubbing a dark liquid from a small vial

ecting her lies. It was refusi

single message: You wanted the truth. H

d at the ceiling. One battle w