phin

e dusty air of the Elder's

sharp screech of a night owl

a parchment scroll sealed with black wax. It

ing it quickly. His eyes darted

e suddenly loud enough for the gathering crowd in the hallwa

ixing upon me with an assumption of owner

must wait until after the hunt to comple

of mating-the soul-binding bi

, squaring m

inging with the clarity of struck steel. "This

ugh the gathered W

ful mask fell away for a second, and his

devotion of a Pack member. You are selfish, S

, the cro

ked into

to sew. The silk clung to her delicate curves, but she had

d in, the air filled

fester in sugar, a biological trick designed to t

large, doe-like eyes. S

me," Elara sobbed, her voice tre

pretending to un

ave the territory tonight. I will become a Rogue an

in distress, their minds cloude

completely. He grabbed Elara's hands,

no such thing

, his chest expanding as

bmi

e Alpha's

al weight, a pressure wave of sound desig

Inner Wolf-the hidden, dormant White Wolf-snarled in the back of my mind. I planted my boots on th

ked that his Com

embering a hunting t

ely wandered into a

touching its pollen can paralyze a werew

y leg during the chaos, Liam had looked

e to carry Elara, who only had a

Moon-grass-the rare antidote for Wolfsbane-

lver hunting knife to scrape the poisoned flesh

raphina!" Freya shouted, s

ou down to the Omega caste-the lowest station in this Pack, where you'll scrub floors and take or

Warriors I had trained. They were all sta

rward, his face

and slapped me ha

silent room. The metallic ta

control over his most valuable asset. "You think your combat skills make you untouc

, wiping the blood from my l

from behind Liam'

ay her fake tears, she deliberate

collarbone was a s

carved deeply into the metal

ous, victorious little sm

my attachment to

he tower, my boots hitting the cobb

and threw the heavy leather sad

ed me out, watching

the saddle, looking d

lared, my voice echoing off the

unt the Shadow Beast myself. And I will prove that

urs into the h

nsuming darkness of the forest. I did not look back. If I had, I might