Ramir

my body still thrumming with a quietness I hadn't felt in years. The searing pain that h

use of h

paced restlessly in my mind. "Mate. She is our

Mate. The five-fold resonance of the bond had been to

I asked Winston, m

g yours. Everything is to the highest standard. Sh

acing. A "wolfless" Omega from a failing Pack. How could she trigger the Mate bond? How co

y Beta, Evan Hayes. "Evan

iance from his end was insta

the elder. "Tell me everything you saw at the

nt, her brilliant use of the contract to seize the alliance gifts, and her final, chilling words to Celeste. He al

cisive. Intelligent. Vengeful. She knew exactly what she

woman I saw today are two entirely

Evan's arrival. My Beta was a sharp, eff

n his eyes widened in surprise.

t. "Evan, I need you to use every resource we have

rning. Her relationships, her secrets. I want to know why the Stephensons

nderstand, Alpha. You'll have a prelim

ain. Whoever she was, whatever secrets she hel

urs! Protect her!" m

st time, I

ersonal property. See to it that they are secure. Post our own guards at her n

rossed Winston's f

a poison to me for years. I looked at my reflection in the dark glass. The e

in the hel

ss Cori's biometrics to the highest security clearance. She is to have u

t for a beat, clearly shocked, but h

e greatest measure o

ed, but I could feel her presence behind it, a calming ancho

eeded Evan's

ng city lights spreading out below me like a conqu