The wolfless bride of the drying alpha

lle'

f Silvercrest Keep

ey had me t

rning after my twenty-second birthday. K

through my thin dres

ad been my

epsister Elara shifted at fifteen into a rare silver-

in front of three hundred wolves, while my father, Alpha Lucas, w

a sm

til my thro

th

ap of

f

nswering

le the elders announced t

The leaking room behind the kitchen. Eating after th

ov

ket. Dirty water sla

daughter, and her

you breathe in it," Lira spat. "Go back

other girl whispered lo

Witch blood. The grandmother was a real fo

andmother's legacy. They

rned herbs from my grandmother's book and saved pups when the pa

used to tell me so when I was small. Now wh

e. You miss

th more than a year's servant wages. Elara's silver silk mat

d down and sc

ors. "Father said you were never really an Alpha daughter. Just something we

ll, you embarrass him. Elara is his only true daughter. Remember your p

rfume lingeri

ms over my mouth so I

cret that kept

Black

tore my mother's healing book. I was crying behind the rose bushes when h

ing wet hair behind my ear. "My wolf is calm arou

ght meetings by the old well. A silver hairpin

for me, Arielle. Next time I come to Silvercrest, I am coming to propose.

ait

ews tore through t

ad! Kael Blackthorn is coming t

spoke to me, grabbed my arm i

o propose! Alpha Lucas ordered the great hall d

ibs so hard I thought it woul

oor stood o

ce sharp. "Kael is coming to propose to Ela

She was never an Alpha daughter, she he is my biggest shame, my biggest mistake - because she is like her m

gest s

gest m

slipped a

ere?" Vale

lapping my legs, clutching K

deep, royal horn that only s

PHA KAEL BLACKTHORN HAS ARRI

ep exp

hall, still in my wet, dirty servant dress, bleeding an

rs crashed open. Snow

shoulders, black hair tied back, A scar cutt

shining silver dress, hand ex

ming. "Kael, my boy! We have b

past the Beta, past the warriors, past Elara's outstretched

rs, lifting the silver hairpin he had

on the hairpin. A

ith l

dis

gh to freeze the hall: "W