's

lost track of time-days, maybe even weeks had passed since I was thrown in here. The silence,

olation or the anticipation of what

words still ec

aren't going t

was nothing to them. If they truly wanted me gone, they could h

for

me out of my thoughts. My body tensed. I knew

na

dow against the dim torchlight. His golden eyes glow

is gaze, even though my h

," he said, voice

. "Not by

jab. Instead, he crouched in front of me, resting his elb

d. "What

pened. "Why did y

ejected me. The whole pack treats me like garbage. Did

mething unreadable. "And w

e," I wh

e, his frustration evident. "

, I'm not. You m

t argue. Instead, he studied me for a

," he said, his voi

d settled i

I whi

he reached into his pocket and pulled out a sma

t was happening before he grabbed

with

my arm ba

t force me. "You can walk, or I can carry

no choice. I was exhausted, starvi

followed him

tretching endlessly in both directions. As we

main part of the packhouse. The sudden brightness made me squint. Everything

stepped into the

nts-familiar,

n and

ere wa

of large wooden door

st, his icy blue eyes watching me with amusement. Elias stood near the firep

ed at the

motioning for me to e

dn't

d. "Afraid, l

ed my fi

side," Elias

d myself forward. The door sh

tretched

bly under their scru

ushed off the window and walked to

Ivy," he murmured, his voice

ran down

ng to keep my voice st

nning a hand through his

struggling to proce

"Let's just say we had

em, my chest t

s deep voice sending a

our minds now. You rejected me. You made me suffer.

ightened. "We

that cell. You let the whole pack treat me like

epting it isn't real

chest. "You can't

cked onto mine. "You're our mate,

my eyes, but I refus

whispered. "You just do

le

osing the distance between us.

," he said, his voi

art t

the way the bond pulsed between us, in

erase everythi

eath, forcing st

t forgi

nched, ju

smirk f

xpression

y said. "Because we'

caught in

wasn'

ly just b