ABEL

r being poured down my spine. His eyes were

listen to m

ed his hand and silenced me. The gesture was

lace in this Pack, and this is how you

me up. I didn't touch h

ones. "I am done with you. This ends now. I reject yo

be a process-a conversation, but he was severing the bond like it was

tanding at the far end of the hallw

rders and if she dares to set foot on ou

uards roared back, their

Monica, who was watching from the floor. For a split second, her crying stoppe

d at the top of my voice, anger taking over. "

d the air seemed to thin between us. I saw a flicker in Greenwood's eyes

d as quickl

lutching her face, but her eyes were locked on Greenwood, calculating and desperate. "Sh

's not

inty was gone. His eyes were cold, hard, and disg

crack; it shattered. The fear, the love, the blind de

fists at my sides. For the first time since I met

ut of me before

eenw

sharp enough to make the guards flinch. The pathetic, trembling girl who had obediently

ood, turning it to ice. I didn't reach for him. I didn't beg. I simply straighte

tion, Greenwood. I release you from every vow, every touch, and every lie you ever fed me. But mark my wor

reaking, shattering- though

a momentary flash of something... guilt, perhaps... b

yes gleaming with malicious victory. A dark, visceral heat began to coil in my gut, som

You can have the man. But the place you stole will never bring you peace. Every time you close your eyes, you will feel the weight of what you took. This Packhouse wil

ped from a part of me I didn't know exis

od's leg as if she had been physically struck. "Greenwood!

s I had never seen. He looked at me as if I were a monster, a creature that

thunder. "You attack her, you lie about a child, an

rd, and the man looked away, h

, Silas," Gree

Silas looked up, his eyes wide. "Alpha...