n's

el murmurs, stepping in

hing my fist. "Are you su

eceiving treatment from a stranger who was yet to b

my face. So fate has final

u

finger tapping against the table. My heart p

have claimed what was mine before Ryder loc

hero. But now I told the truth he had failed h

I never stopped looking, and I'll never stop until I

roat. "What's the

me comes, we will take her. Don't wo

rees as the air was thick with

warmth. I can see moving figures moving inside, but I do

h is

great pleasure, touching her, whispering in her ear that I have neve

oesn't remember? What if Ryder ha

next morning with my mind

aiting for me. "Ho

e and still there. It's o

re you sure this is the right way, Et

snapped, cutting him off. "S

doesn't argue.

s to me. Sh

not Ryder because I will do whate

ced myself to calm down, then I s

lost his chance, he had proven himself unworthy, and

h a thing to her

o be found?" Axel's v

he's my second-in-command who stood a few feet away wit

usted but even if he didn't fully

re of anything," I repli

ould go very wrong. If you're being cau

d. "Even if he found out

look. "You're risking too

not just one girl; she's

en I was like this. He might not understand, but he had neve

. "What's the plan? And when

will say it again. We wait for the right t

but he nodded. "Don't be

emotions were the only

o the shadows, I let my

fferently and always smiled in a way that made my heart race. She was meant to be mine. But

ere, but it was too late. Ryder had hidden her like a dirty secret,

il

ose her again, even

e, that I hadn't forgotten about her so I pu

e forming a small

essage. Something onl

t would make

ized what was happenin

dows, keeping to the trees as I

r movements sloppy. Ryder had grown

ought

the center of the pack's land

hing about Ryder preparing to make a public announcement. My

y dead

rees with practiced ease. My heart pounded as I got closer to the cabin. A

ce she knew what Ryder had done-

back of my mind whisper

she choo