tcher Ter

encrusted hilt. I had ordered the stewards to intercept the funds from Harper's merchant acc

lluminating Darla's focused, untamed profil

weapon, who could discuss battle formations with me. Not a delicate, fragile lady lik

rp edge, drawing a thin line of blood. Without a second thought, she brought her finger to he

eaned in, ready to capture her lips, but a frantic,

sister-in-law, Corinna-my brother Gideon's mate-burst

!" Corinna gasped for air,

oyance at the intrusion. "Corinna, get

her entire courtyard! She took all her personal guards, her servants, and

d over me. "Let her go. It saves me the trouble of looking at her sulkin

arms. "It seems the porcelain doll finally

city sent debt collectors this morning! They said from now on, all accounts are frozen! And the fu

I shot to

med into the study. Her aristocratic mask was completel

or Darla's Luna ceremony just arrived at the gates! They are tearing down the silk decorations and taking bac

ck was a glittering, empty shell. For the past year, while I was fighting at the borde

y wife; her wealth was my wealth. It had never occurred to me that H

nting a trembling finger at me. "She's getti

liating shift in the atmosphere. "A jilted woman, using such pathetic, low-handed tricks," Darla said coldly, th

ng my arm, her nails digging into my flesh. "Go and coax her! Apologize! Tell her you were just confused fo

r me, hot and burning. "Impossible! Why should I, a

f she doesn't pay for it!" my mother shrieked, completely losin

rla. Me, a decorated Alpha who had just received the King's

mand forcing my hysterical mothe

ways looked at me with pure worship in her eyes. The woman who coughed up blood just t

it c

-get. She was doing this to force me to chase her, to make me

out my chest to save face. "How naive. The Terrell Pack survived before he

at me as if I had lost my min

confidence. "Money is a trivial matter for true warriors. Let her keep her little coins. As long as we achieve greater g

in blood and conquest, not in these pett

ojecting absolute certainty. "Harper's little tantrum is n

When she realizes that a female wolf without an Alpha's protection is nothing in

ing feeling coiled in my gut. A strange and persistent agitation refused to go a