ra

s too weak,you're still bleed

her face etched with genuine concern, the fear of a

iet, but it held the sharp, uny

tension, laced with a she-wolf's cloying musk. "Elara? May I com

ait of sorrow, but her amber wolf eyes, for a split second, held a glint of

Blake Sharp, flanked her like loyal jackals, their fa

rfume over the stink of sycop

ned away from the door and walked back to the bed

ol , yet underneath it hummed the quiet thr

liance, hesitated and then reluctan

on my bedside table,her eyes scanning my pale face, my flat belly. "Oh,

poison. I just watched her, my expression

te fingers. "This summit in Europe is critical for the Pack. He felt so guilty, h

y with him, her elevated status as the Alpha's true desire. I coul

s true. Caspian was with Seraphina all night before his f

spent it with her, sharing breath and scent whi

ning to permafrost, freezing over th

ing with mock sympathy. "Elara, you can't blame him for being distant. He's under so much pressure. Last night, at m

t was left of my spirit. To paint a picture of him running to her for comf

d have worked. I would have crumbled

y husband chose over his own flesh and blood, and I felt nothing but a profound, chilling

he reaction she had planned. Her wolf senses pric

et before a killing bite. "That's

g smile playing on her lips, her claws tracing the sacred stone of o

e gave it to me on our first anniversary. He called it 'Tears of the Moon'

smile froze

r pride. "It seems the Alpha's definition of 'one of a kind' is mo

us, sharp and glittering like a blade under

of fury,but she smoothed it back

to rest. Sarah, would you

he calm, dismissive order of the Luna they had all u

e. She stormed out of the room, her two sycophan

y, wracking sob escaped me as I covered my face with my hands. The victory felt hollow, p

ization took root, hardening in my ches

enough. Hidin

im, and all of them, pay for what they did.

. His center of power. The heart

ery Ind