en's

ams had I thought I woul

same trenches, and led this pack in sync. But I h

the Matchi

entirely feral, clawing at my ribs and demanding I hunt her down and claim her.

Ivory, my beta,

floor. But the cold, rational piece of my mind-the Alpha wh

and the taboo

it would destabilize the entire hierarchy of the Obsid

t like it was splitting in two, and in

in the dark t

the perfect political alliance. She was everything a Luna w

my private study, trying to sha

rp knock rattle

a blinding wave of pain

ing backward and

was on the other side. I

stood

wn slightly rumpled, her eyes glas

instantly b

h

ing her down the secluded, shadowed corridor behind my st

etween us was

k her in the eyes. I exhaled,

ory

me?" she sounded co

ately trying to blink aw

caused chaos," I argued, throwing my hands out in frustratio

e swallowed hard, noddi

id you ever stop to think how it would fee

yes, my chest t

sor

d to halt my words. "I don't want your pity, Draven. I need you to walk b

s now, Ivory. The political fallout-the physical pa

atures freezing as if I had physi

ory

y hand hovering

l

ck my ha

d, her voice dangerously quiet, "I'll l

to throw your entire life away for a bond that should never

right, M

t a humorl

the strongest duo in this ter

ace, jabbing a rigid finger

ant to try. You prefe

r," I snapped defensi

r finger dropping. "You've kn

esn't

cross her chest, her gaze drifting pa

's fine." She turn

aught her wris

hat I had to do sickening my stomach. "We have to erase the fated bond complete

ips together in h

end now."

er fuckin

r hands, ignoring he

ook at me

to take everything from me? I've waited to have a mate for so long, only

and my decision

ne brief, brutal secon

n Pack, formally reject you, Be

xecution order dropped i

p as expected-it yanked, tearing away

r shoulders slumping as

e dropped heavily to her knees, h

ms turned clamm

lood slid from both of her nostril

ammered in

ide her. "You have to complete the severance or th

er lips, her breathing t

going to di

open, footsteps sounded at

pped toward

, freezing for a fraction of a

een the Beta bleeding

e territory would kno