na
the waiting crowd. My bare feet pressed into the stone circle as whispers rippled throug
someone
shifted," hi
ng the truth like I'd don
y knew what I'd become that night under t
ut the truth. Toni
xo
s son. My
omised he'd al
gleaming under the moonlight. He hadn't spoken to me since he'd returned from Alpha training in t
ss shimmered like envy itself. The crowd adored her. Beta-born, beaut
undering, ready to claim what t
oice rang out a
irm or reject the bond fate has chosen for him. Jaxon
eathe. The
ht through me, his gaz
he la
sound that mad
's a powerless Omega. I d
d deeper than c
ed. My vis
bond," he said.
ed something ancient
unraveled. My wolf howled inside, furious and unbound. But I bit it
Madra declared solemnly. "By hi
d away. Disgus
s glittering. "So sad," she cooed. "G
re only I could hear. "Or maybe you we
er laughter a blad
lone in t
ect
ili
ma
ot br
ust c
l Liana was sti
, she would
sleep t
pers echoing outs
nding at my door, g
in my chest where
staring at the silver pendant my mother had left me the only
pulsed aga
shifted. "Too powerful. If they find out, they'll k
Played Omega.
l to
whole pack thoug
as finally free to
day, Sele
e ceremony. Claimed I'd tried to poison her w
eetly, tears in her eyes. "It
me to stand before the Ritual Flame, the
rang
not l
iding so
dange
a spoke the words t
faces, she is to be
meant
rain
m
fut
sil
cha
iled the
graveyard of failed shifters and forgotten Omegas. The old cottag
night
wolf, n
enough to
h to almos
night the
rted w
doz
echoing across the tr
hammering, as shadows spil
gu
starving ones th
were s
ani
g some
som
e
, but a figure
moonlight. Towering. Broad-shouldered. Dressed in
ed on mine an
ng in me
truck like
rwhelmin
led bac
rones," he said, voice like thunder
ry. "I don't kno
d closer, inh
ng that shattered th
're