The alpha Don's rejected mate

died the night

uld burn his entire empire to the ground.i remembered the

first time in two years. The same mansion loomed in the distance-cold, lavish, and drip

Dante

ths later without ever giving me a reason.the rejection still in my broken heart but I wasn't tha

have st

y not the kind that kicks inside your belly every mo

guards barked, stepping in fro

hood. "Amara Ve

l had weight here. Fear. Pity.

idn

se I had once belonged to this world. Before Dante

ood-red rugs, the same scent of power masked by expensive cologne. But I had changed. I wasn't the soft, scared she-wo

decide whether he deserved to live.i have

nd hall, I felt him.his smell and

to ignore. The scent of pine, leather, and danger curled

e Ro

d in black-on-black. And still looking at me like

Silver. Cold. But

ion. Sho

methin

ravel and smoke. "You're supposed

point." Am still alive.you taught

Why are you here?"what are you doing he

nk?" I said. "I

the night I rejected you."I rejected yo

xplanation. No closure. Just a rejection an

Try and understand.i did it for you.for us I did

ted to cut your weakness loose

n't de

ween us stretch

d," I whispered. "Wh

er. "What did I

him dead

chi

dn't react. Not a b

lightning. The air crackled. Wolves nearby s

ying," he

t blink

ll beside my head. "You dare

ped, pressing a palm to my stomach. "You

ad ignored before. Realization flickered acr

. Guilt. D

ing out of control. But I had j

d you the night you

ut you didn't. And

ain the beast under his skin. "You n

y. "I came to warn you. Someone want

owed. "Why wa

e could hear my next w

grows up without a name. And

like thunder in the hall. Behind me, I heard the stir

dn't mak

hit me-ash, bu

scream.

tore through the s

ng into my lungs. My vision blurred, my heart pou

attacking.

haking arms. Around me, fire licked the curtains an

Da

ee him throu

opped into

e to shake

t walked into the mi