ou bring m

at I meant. Words had come out like a cry of my mouth, almost without me wanting it. The t

of the shadows, an unknown land, full of mysteries and danger. The pack of the shadows ... The name alone made me shiver. It was not a place for the weak. It was a hard pa

e, almost a whisper. He didn't even seem to try

al as breathing, hurt me. This link that linked me to him. He had taken me up, and now he treated me like a simple

im. "No," I said, my eyes staring on the infinity in front of me

sighing. He said nothing more, but his silence said a lot. He understood. He knew that

ng, as an imposed truth. His eyes shone with absolute ce

just any. The soul mate of the alpha of this pack. Kieran, the one who seemed to always have

ge of challenge in my eye

replied. "You are already here.

g time. Why should it be so that, that they decide for me without giving me a chance t

g. Before I could not turn my head, another man entered the room. He was tall, imposing, with

" he said in

could feel it. He had the aura of those who reigned over others. Bu

pha," replied Kieran without bl

every detail of my face, my posture, my gaze. I could almost feel his judgment, as

ur rules. And if she wants to be part of the Shadow

"? None of them seemed to understand that I was not t

say that aloud. Not now. Not before these men who had the power to destroy everything in one gesture.

t," said the other Alpha. "Soul souls cannot sep

t from me, exactly? That I submit, that I let them take everything, direct everything? I was n

n suddenly declared, his sharp vo

finally replied, the calm, more measured

ul men who did not understand what it meant to be forced in a role that we did not want. They did not understand the weight of this link, of this destiny that I had been forced to accept.

adn't said m

s barely heard, but the intensity of the moment struck hard, like an icy wind. There was something different i

to be crushed. I had not come here to become a simple piece from his kingdom, to submit to myself without fighting

ne that has become almost amused, but there was this glimmer of anger, too, hidden

dly. "You took me by force, but that doesn't mean

o firmly against the alpha. They had never seen someone dare to question such a sacred link. But I was not there t

simple gesture, but full of meaning. "Do you want freedom, Zara?" He said,

im, waiting f

u will have to take it. And y

nt. If I wanted my freedom, I had to defeat him. If I succeeded, I would be free to leave. If I lost, he w

ve moment. The symbolic fight. A confrontation between him and me. A struggle where the victor

ate. " All righ

dator smile, that of an alpha sure of his strength, of h

ew Kieran was powerful, much more than I could have ever imagined. But I had one thing he did not have: rage, the will not

r doubts. My future