sh pine. The night's events still echoed in my mi

is

ng in my head. My mate had rejected me, tossed me aside like I w

aling faster now, thanks to my wolf, but I was still weak.

abin, hoping to find Ro

found som

oo

and still wet. My stomach twisted as

tree. His shirt was torn, and a deep claw mark ra

barely reacted. His breathing w

muttered, pushi

. "You're

t the fi

me, but I grabbed hi

rogues from last night weren't a

enched. "They

thing... or someone." His s

through me

't kno

jected Luna with no pack, no future.

oward the cabin. His wound was still bleedin

help,"

't nee

eding, and you look like you're abo

ike he wanted to smirk, but

-

t stop shaking. The scar on my neck-where Kieran had marked

y was built for battle, his

through a lot

flickered to m

ne had ever said

an said after a moment. "But I know the loo

tightening. Did he see

nd instead. "You never told m

finally, he said, "Because the wo

. "People

ghtened. "Peop

ngth in his presence, the way even the rogues had feared him.

eally, Ronan?"

. For a long moment, I t

eone the world wou

ine. There was so much

sk more, a howl echo

arn

ood up, ignoring the pain from his wou

side," h

about to just

unding. The forest was silent now, but I

I saw

lv

ro

war

s the last person I

er

ith something unreadable. For a moment, I t

fted to Ronan, and hi

ayed dead, Selene,"

me. "And you should

forward. "You

before I cou

d overwhelming. He stepped in fro

ne," Ronan said, his

arrowed. "Who t

Someone you don'

thick with tension. Powe

shifted uneasily,

ing in Kieran's shadow, letting him control

eran's glare. "You rejected me, re

eyes-rage, frustration... and

"Come back to the pack, Sele

me, his muscles coiled lik

time in my life, I

die than go

fury, but before he could s

ht in front of Kieran, his han

rowled. "Now leave befor

ody trembling as he tri

hind him didn't

who Ronan

did K

y let him go, Kieran stag

e whispered, "You're

nded as I lo

e hell

Kieran so af