An Alpha's Cruelty, A Mate Bond's Revenge

of rain, crushed

away with her thumb and glanced at the red smear. Her split lip stung

ngles of his face and the silver in his eyes. Even without the Alpha's insignia on his chest, he carried authority like a weap

never le

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had been ordered to attend the morning combat assessment, not to witness another argum

She could also hear the whispers

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keep giving

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n explanation for every opportunity she received and every punishment she endured. No one see

you going to train, or are you pl

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impact forced the air from her lungs. She staggered, caught herself, and swept he

nd, she saw surpri

l victory. Sh

d her towards him. Seren's back struck his chest. She drove her heel down onto

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onour his service. Instead, she had spent years being treated as a reminder of a man who was no longer there to defend her. Riven had ne

m with her fists because wor

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ned. "Then stop maki

very choice I make

him acros

ead turned with the impact. He slowly faced her a

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Riven ordered without

ed over the clear

could silence an entire group of grown wolves. She hated

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he kept her face still. She brushed the dirt from her

finished?"

tightened.

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ehind her, the low murmur of the pack returned. She didn

llenged the

believed, he would

y. She simply refused to let