SE

The scent of him still clung to my skin - leather, smoke, and someth

Why did I start watching you, Selena, six mon

ked at my sister twice. Before the bon

his desk until my knuckles went white. "Liar

at. His words were law because his words were tr

d scared. "Sel, are you okay? I saw Damian run out of here like-" She

aid. My voice didn

Knew

That Damian slept with my sister. Kieran knew everything. Six m

"That's... that's not possible. You wou

l. My legs moved on their own, like my wolf was dra

elena,

"Whe

eft. Toward the private wing. On

nock. I pushed

ss hard enough to crack it. Lightning lit his silhouette for one second, then left him in shadow

t turn. "You

You l

don't

I was happy. I was planning my mating ceremony with your son. S

eyes were darker in this light. Alm

e here,"

't move. "

e here,

fear. In recognition. The sound she made when she sens

to see the scar that cut through his left eyebrow. Close e

t to know wh

"Y

t. Right where the broken bond had burned hours

. Like someone cut the wire. The ache in my chest, the ice in my veins, the wo

ack like I'd been burn

e dropped his ha

mpossible. Th

hinks she lost her mate," Kieran said. His vo

older than the rain outsi

act. Hard and sharp. "The bond you felt with him was weak. False. A shadow of what it should be. That's

my head. "No, we

y who liked the idea of you. But not of the pull. Not of the madness.

uld smell him again. That smoke and leath

us. Like she'd been holding her br

the training yard. You didn't see me. I was on the balcony above. But

spine. I'd told Mara I felt some

said. "That was my w

. The floor felt un

te," he fini

mate. The one-in-a-million bond wolves killed for. The bond that didn't break. Didn't fade. Didn't

"Why didn't you claim me? Six months ago?

time, his mask cracked. Just a little. J

torn this pack apart. Because I thought... I thought if I waited, if I watched, if I g

. He broke you first. And now you're here, in a

hind my ear. His touch was careful. Like I mi

red. "I want you. I have for six months. But

ious. The sound vibrated thro

ice was weak. Broken. "You'

e door crashe

sister was with him. Her hair was still messy

dges. A seal at the bottom I recognized. The pack's mating contract.

at Kieran. Not at me. "You can't claim her. She's already bound. By

ed. Molten. Dangerous. The A

ing with sick clarity: This was

s was a