A P

utes, her expression dripping with faux sweetness. "Don't be ups

iarity, as if we were trusted comp

oice level and dry. "I have never

of manufactured pity. "I know you are bitter, but Hayes and I share a g

d, Hayes would have collapsed from the severin

voice dropping into a venomous, hushed rasp. "He spent last night in my bed

a breakdown, despera

usting himself trying to flatter you, considering how desperately

eks. Stripping away the romantic ill

lice, she caught my forearm, her sharp, manicur

Reacting on instinct, I wrenched my

palm made contact, she let out an ear-piercing scream

, sending champagne flutes shattering onto the s

stomach and sobbing hysterically. "My pup! Kira, how could

bers and elders from the ballroom, murmurs of ou

g Clarisa weeping among the shards, he dropped to his knees

a whimpered against his shirt, tea

nrestrained violence. "Kira Vance!" he snarled,

re!" Hayes roared, his hand co

fingers clenched at my sid

ct never

he silent terrace, accompanied by

impenetrable wall of slate and iron. His large hand was clam

yard fell into a

isgust. "Striking your own Luna in front of pack elders and disting

re Lycan dominance. "Aiden... you do not understand. The Knox family carries im

out pack alliances, or are you prioritizing an outsider's unborn pup over your legal mate? If the Knox bloo

shade of gray, caught enti

affair directly to the elders, Hayes hurriedl

ried murmurs, leaving the

eak. I looked at the imposing figure before me, trying t

e with cold mockery in his gray eyes. "Years have passed,

and strode back toward the hall, leaving me alone und