a's

what Aconite Blood

sed Alpha Da

d you knew how to

..

int and scattered for me to piece them together.

es develop a red tint. I can't believe a child would know how to identify something like tha

s

words c

ugh this, Nerya. Once I find that person, th

After sitting on the edge of his desk, he

someone needs to t

verything he had revealed. Someone might have framed me. I

ke you to our room. You can showe

body wen

ere. Under their contract, he already considered me his future bride. Perhaps he believed t

atching me. After making sure the torn dress covered my body, I followed him into the hallway. N

passed. Still, getting me to the bedroom quickl

of the house. Against the opposite wall stood a broad bed that took up plenty of space. Thin c

stood in the open bedroom. A small room off to the side concealed only the to

ched my skin, a

ing here you

wolf, he could still notice

g the water. Steam clouded the glass soon after he shut it again. His promise did little t

er

ers carefully l

lso going to step out and l

ne from his pocket and touched the screen a

'll come back with clean clothes for you. Keep the

e while he waited. I

ck home, they rarely gave me even one minut

fore opening the door, he kept one han

speak to me

later, he

red a beautiful dream. Perhaps none of it was real. Maybe I would wa

efore had my hair felt so clean. The wound on my stomach burned sharply when the hot water ran over

clearing his throat c

ough the clouded glass than

t finished? The alarm

carried across the

me had felt so freeing that I hadn't

in a moment,"

apped a towel securely around my b

sandals were no longer lying on the floor. Alpha Darek waited on the edg

h a small smile as he passed the clothes to me.

navy blue sweatshirt w

erwear tonight. Some new pairs

head before letting the towel fall away. Powerful men probably surrounded him with women who had no sha

ould l

esting this time. If the wound remained untreated much

an back home had guarded her position too closely to let anyone take her place. This docto

meet Nerya," Alpha Darek

ered, "Alpha Darek, what brought her her

I usually heard from others. Honest

blem herself once she de

und on my stoma

ted healing?" Riona

lf was

tterness. They always reminded me that

at's why she carries an unusual scent. Her wolf never disappeared. She's

e at once. His eyes wer

one forever. The possibility that she had

rk eyes on me for

ow me. I need to e

e into an empty room. Afterward, she told me to li

. Her eyes opened wider. Anger briefly sharpened her expression

er fingers touched th

ave you had

ral days,"

to blend with the others. One day felt exactly like the nex

er head from

han that. The infection has bee

ith us, Nerya," Alpha Da

dn't re

er

eyes because I expected his anger to follow the same pattern I had alway

often that I lost track of everything. There

ence filled

nyone learned the truth. I once wondered how anyone could discover something the entire pack already knew. Yet I

ha Darek snapped after the si

om the room while one hand pul

ona murmured while gently checking the injury. "His temp

r?" I murmured as

I guess he also forgot to ment

Jarek had been one of the men who accomp

gh came fr

so our broth

Gam

completely unf

re. He wants me to spend more time representing our family, thou

, she removed a small

the infection. Come back to me if you see no improvement after two d

mured while accept

uldn't understand any of its letters.

t Alpha Darek. He spoke sharply to someone on the

d Riona

eam three t

im to see. His hand closed aro

Follo

rly had to run beside him. We crossed the h

he instructed while twis

t argue. He had spoken the same way e

efore me, he carefully spread the cold medicine ov

something, tell me that. Do you understand? I shou

rig

attention. One palm supported my lower back and kept me stead

man's touch I had known

he said as he stood.

st. His gentle movements, the sound of his voice, and