a P

into the mud beside his medical kit, burying his face

as a thundero

age, her palm cracking across Bryce's f

en, reddened cheek, his grey eyes wide and wild

ing finger at Ferne on the ground, and bello

be it! I will take them both! I

al traditionalist elders slammed their heavy walking staffs o

, her hands clawing at

ly to cover his mouth. "The Alpha King's royal decree s

ide, his arrogance completely overta

ers of my own territory, my will is absolute! I proc

st wealth to secure his power, while keeping his pathetic little mistress warm in his bed. The insatiable greed of this mal

d, unyielding resolve burning in my chest. I would rather rip my o

pure, covetous ambition lit up her eyes as she let her silver dagge

scrambling up to her knees

noble bloodline, and Miss Ferne brings the Alpha's true

ents fluid and silent, stopping dire

my right arm back and delivered a brutal, op

and flesh echoed t

th a muffled shriek, clutching her instantly swelli

wrist, staring down at

bility," I said, every word dripping with aristocratic ice. "Th

indignation, taking two

us is the greatest honor I can bestow upo

He was so blinded by his own inflated ego tha

awed hands to seize my shoul

jaws in fury. A burst of raw, ancient energy surged through my v

thin an inch of my skin, a violent

hrough the wet grass as he was flung backwa

letting the full weight of my ari

er of the Montgomery Pack, should sit upon a shared se

unned aristocrats, raising my

aught the midday sun, its deep black stones glea

he farthest corners of the lake, "the Mate bond is strictly monogamous and absolute. Any pack lord who

ing, the noble lords and ladies bowed

rained of ever

crumbling into desperate panic. She reached

peak of royal tribunals. We can settle t

tearing silk cutting through the tens

d a trap to steal my mother's wealth, used Ferne's fake suicide

ay. She snatched the silver dagger from the

od shall stain this sacred lake forever!" she

op her. I di

d into a low crouch right beside her

n my words. "The moment you die, your bastard dies with you. And if it somehow survives, I

The silver blade shook violently in her hand,