hina'

heavy smell of blood mixed with Brayden's ced

osis struck me wit

e ceiling while every though

e-wolf. For me, a Luna who had given my all to protecting my

operating room. Brayden waited outsi

I'd just endured, and I had

reached me. Only cold judgment remained. "Was all this drama r

me turn towar

alking about?"

moment I showed Layla some kindness, you started acting wounded because you wanted my attention back. Your behavior is childish, and you still understand nothing about leading thi

d gratitud

hrough my body as I lo

t sacrifice had taken our baby from me and destr

that suffering into proof that I

My eyes closed, but hot tears st

in the packhouse. However, since you're determined to turn your injuries into a public spectacle, I'll transfer your administrative a

oward my hair as though his shallow

nly buzzed insi

er. Even so, my sharp hearing picked up every

s your signature, and I'm waiting in your office. The tie on my silk rob

tion struck me harde

ry. "Something urgent has happened, and Layla can't manage it without me. I need to return i

r without another glance,

a calm voice, all traces

r annoyance. "What is it this time? Seraph

ating bond ends tonight," I said. I held his

though my warning were the most r

on me. "The Moonclaw Pack is the only reason you're safe. Without my protection, you're nothing more than a

nk anyone else would choose an ordinary woman like you? Stop u

shed shut af

retreating steps disappeared. Whatever love still

couldn't survive o

ut the life I'd lived be

h the bed frame and opened a compa

with no symbol or label on its surface. I had kep

the device, a dim blue glow

h that communicator. Its name terrified werew

enforced the laws of the hidden world and pas

finest hunter. More importantly

ntity, hide my strength, and behave like

ice for weakness and believed

reath and entered a message on the screen. "This is

med that the messag

ne last request. "I'm ready t