ssa

astries to my room, Corliss trailing behin

ing for a way to cl

niently hid the scar on my wrist. We sat b

're hurting. But the alliance with the Alp

hreat to the famil

left hand and let the sleeve slip,

ght. She grabbed my wr

roat. She hadn't expected me t

agic. "For the good of the Pack," I whispe

yes. "Don't say that! I won't

ed my gaze on Corliss,

derstand how to manage the Pack far better than I ever could. If it w

ammered. "

ister, would you be willing to take my pla

detonated in

hen turned a cold, appr

human who coveted an Alpha's title-marry a rumored c

e honor-bound world of wolves, refusing

man. The Alpha King would ne

thought we were the same in this family. I didn't re

ound from her capabi

er love. "Corliss," she said, low and dangerous, "Alyssa is right. If you tru

was corner

nt white. Yes or

der our combined gaze

e her. This concerns the Alpha King, after all.

r, the more selfish and

d disappointment and waved a hand. "You

ike a woman es

fect adopted daughter" had

, sighing. "I reall

k, my own heart

of faint amusement. Constantine

Omega. His voice slid

but a small smile