to be kid

. I have a betrothed mate back home and I'm going to marry

k this forest is

en he heard her say that

not letting you go no

thing else she was in his ha

and I don't feel the bond" and that was a lie because even as she fought him she felt the spark and the attraction to him. But

ving in this wood for years and trust me without my help you can't get anything done." Ronan said still holding her nd inhal

h hitched as th

. No, six. Their dark cloaks blended into the night, their faces hidden beneath

nt

kind. They carried enchanted weapons-silver blades, wolfsbane-coated arr

sted. They were

standing too

nto her like a scream. Run

st, his grip unbreakable, his body co

stories about what Blood Alphas could do. They were unto

an was

eep claw marks. The sluggish h

e could fight off

tayed? She'd

his head as he studied Ronan. "You

t amused. But Celeste could

keep sending pups after me

are. Bleeding." He tilted his blade, the silver ed

t nearly as much

en-he

nding beside her. The next, he was on the hun

a sicken

body crumpled

instantly. Blades f

was

too precise, his body a blur of claws and violence. Blood spl

en, her breath cau

fighting l

hting like

oisoned, Ronan Duskb

rrible, undeniable thread betwe

lf kne

lf wan

a sharp, visceral

wasn't possible. Blood

ike her soul was unrave

step back-and ste

p was d

eads snapped up. His

s heart

en-he

o

ned in a

oo fast, too close. She had no

ck and red cr

king the air from her lungs. A heavy wei

e buried itself

gasped

dn't eve

owing red eyes locking onto the

unter

iled. "M

e man's screams sh

pressing a hand against her mo

Ronan was breathing heavily, his

a roaring storm, her w

protect

ck, even when it wasn't his

h

this h

s heels, his gaze dropping to he

t?" he asked

e just

d sav

still b

eyes softened slightly as he looked at her, like

d thrummed b

ced herself

a choi

him here, pretend n

r

one thing she swo

uld he

ready knew

e could stop it. Fingers

gaze snapped to hers-s

he rasped, but h

d hard. "I think

of them coul