a's

s, a glittering silver thing, tight and

firstborn of Alpha Theron. I, Wolfless, c

Nora sneered from

verything I wasn't: shifte

ya. Reeking of heat, gagging on your

"I don't want to go either," I mu

ted, "You're lucky we're le

k this is the right d

ed, "You're a disgrace, Maya. Learn something from

, but Father walked in

 said, walking towar

e? Keep your head up and ma

would be down on her knees, begging for

ting back to Veyra, "Darling, see if you can ma

at across from Father. His eyes weren't even on me, looking instead out the

stare like tha

king out. Theron's nostrils flared and his jaw clenched, and I shrank

ven looking at me. "You're repr

n's hem. "I'm wolfless, Father. I'm in heat. They'll scent me a

," he s

me," I said quietly,

you have no wolf. All you've brough

at me without seeing

pines to snowy heights. Mistveil Hollow was close. Its grove was a holy plac

ut her?" I asked, sudd

I don't. There is no point in remember

e," I insisted, "Fortunate not to s

to mine, "Your mother's dead. T

wn my face. I crossed my arms over my body,

Hollow glimmered dimly through the window. F

n we get there, I'm going to be with the Alpha

, no, please,

e broke in, "Don't shame u

followed him. The Gala bided, a pit full of predators,

I stood at the entrance. The whi

he's probably just begging for it, Grimri

ng with a scar across his cheek. "She's an

 arrows. My heat flared. My pheromones were leak

ce up, "She smells like a brothel. Her fat

es parted around me. Their eyes sp

nches from my face. "You're wasting that scent, be

le covered spot away from the crowd next to a velvet curtain. But as I walked by a clust

as unbearable. My body shook with desire and embarrassment. I shut my eyes, r

es were locked on mine, piercing through the

mridge, all dressed u

since I turned him down years ago, back

s friends, two sneer

tle heat issue going

t her with that, eh?" o

shook, and my back pre

wide open for it, Maya, and everybody knows it. Smell that?"

d, my hands touching his chest as he s

moved to my waist, feeling me through the gown. "You rejected me once,

t," one of his frien

Let me go! I d

one to help you out, aren't you?" Damien growled, trapping me to the wall. His breath was warm against

ed , but the music muffled me, an

my ear. "Scream as loud as you fucking want,