o the point. He had

k and captured his children. Now, he had to consolidate his authority. There wa

ed her hea

is.

, as if she'd misheard. But when she met

ike repeat

yes, A

own Iris since they were children. She doubted she could tell t

hurt her..." Her voice trembl

e's pack had suffered under the old Alpha. She knew they had been tre

't what Cane w

ut the marks

st have undressed her. A cold dread washed over her. She

ed at the corners of her eyes, a hot mi

d of his boots echoed through the room, each footfall he

ruck her with the force of a blow. He kn

wai

me, she had

.

guard slowed outside Iris's cel

the other replied, hi

d his partner finally circled back to

wracked with tremors. She looked impossibly sm

ong. Looks like she w

time she'd falle

nce settled

through the week,

it'd be better if the Alpha just fi

s, they had lived under the thumb of the Blue Moon Pa

at. But it wasn't her actions

ndition..." one of them mutte

look, then contin

. A weak, fleeting pity, not nearly e

't be an injustice. Maybe it would even be a release

.

ou filt

rough the room as the bl

Do you hear me?! I'll slau

dissolving into

dn't answer. They wer

calculated.

just enough time to start healing.

on Alpha. The one who sho

he was

d he was just a prisoner,

as so much

out a moment's hesitation. The members of the Howling Wolf Pack had been his playthings.

It's not like he'll be needing it. W

ed his head

you say

w, predatory smile,

ke that," he replied calmly. "H

til the Alpha decided his fate. In th

one condition.

ng for breath. His lacerated skin had already

pain r

ompletely that day..." he spat, a n

gaze d

ed its way to

f. There were so many of them. Too many. He h

g when he saw the shift

s voice dripping with cold cruelty. "I ha

idn't a

those years ago, h

he roles wer

as about to

ut

ropped, fla

n waiting for that single word. T

locked on Mason's, "feed it to

in Mason's gaze was exactl

.

oice was a trembling whisper. "He was

raw and swolle

oes. The wounds remain. They never disappe

reath, trying to ho

metimes he kept her in the attic for days. Wi

thought the Alpha was prote

like a prisoner. A s

ds, her posture one o

nothing to do with it. She suffere

laugh was he

ke

ead, a faint, di

t o