keep her emotions in check, but her frail heart betrayed her. She kept the book

one Pack's temple, her mind reeling. The icy morning

er curse, and that was why he had refused to mark her, and it wasn't because neither of th

outside the chamber that those

y thought concerning the prophecy evaporated into thin air, he

rce of the noise and was dumbstruck t

packed grounds, breakin

tac

e air. Zara sprinted toward the pack house, her instincts screaming that something was wrong; and no, it wasn't becau

that made her throat run dry. There was the

or her to discern that it

he found the Lycan King lying crumpled on the s

o-

her hands against the gaping wound in his side. His breaths were r

ed, blood trickli

scene-Draven had been attacked from beh

ho had attacked Alpha Draven. I

immediately b

silver eyes were cold and unrepentant, his

whispered, rage boi

be thanking me. I saved yo

ists. "You betrayed your

ware of the prophecy, Zara, we just chose to keep silen

he was never meant to r

ors began to gather, torn between loyalty and

ith fury. "Stand down, or I wil

nk they'll follow you? A

surged insid

nged f

but Zara was faster. She dodged his blade, twisted behind him, and sa

th shock as Zara whispered in h

ed the life from him, letting

ell over

ching, her gaze blazing. "Your Alpha

ered their heads in submission. She was their leader now, a

s. It was a rare incidence to see a wolf, especially a female, giving orders to lycans. She was lower than them in

**

his way through the door. Draven's breathing was shallow

hand as the weight of what she h

phecy. The choice

the curse sha

l the events were unravelling

attering everything inside her, but a few hours later, she sensed the mating bond on another mate, not just

d. The Elder of the pack, a frail woman wi

phecy, Zara Grey." I

nodding. "Tell me ever