a's

when I stepped into our

aking through the mind link. "I know he wasn

walking over to help me take off my cloak. "He touched you, d

ep a neutral look on my face. He w

the taste of him on my tongue. I could feel the smooth velvety ski

a shame to kill him. That wouldn't stop me. These seven

hands skimmed my back, wanting to help me take off the flimsy dress I had on

m, stepping away from him quickl

deserved better than an Alpha who w

ed to the door, the faint scent of his arousal in th

dlinked him just before he walked out o

caravan, no guards, n

? It is tradition to travel with a c

ow him down if he had to move quickly. He's up to something. And we have to find

d out," Mason replied

wn, recalling the rest o

opped a box several villages away.

rol the flow of information. I had survived the past seven years as Alpha because I ro

I had thought the commander o

d got buried i

y night to trust no

day, my arm intertwined with Mason. I was dressed

ors that led to the council room

n't this nervous, last n

and shook his head. "I'm

nk y

en to the council room once. I knew what t

le of the room. The ceiling was open and sunlight streamed ever

able were eleve

nty for all twenty Alphas in the province. But after th

new chair when they lea

heir subordinates who stood behind them. The priestess rose from

is with deep relief and joy, that we welc

her knuckles in response, b

s from seven years ago.

act I shared with her. He gestures at me, his chubby face red