a's

of me, his face twisted into a smirk. His eyes gleamed wit

he sm

to his st

er of his

w mate," Alpha

at and a raw cry of disbelief. My

to be mated. This... this

just me. Everything sounded distant, like I'd slipped underwater. My heart pounded like a war drum, b

done to de

ighteen... to my

this was

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uld feel the bond pulling at me, pulling me to him like chains. The coldness of his touch spoke of so

other Luna," Elder Joe's

her

a. She bore his child before she was torn from

: What was my mother d

her. Her wolf was the strongest am

," his voice dragged

ph

he calls

turn to the Moon Goddess. To him, though, "orphan" isn't just

my voice trembling l

stop him. No one q

s. Some wolves looked away in shame. Others

wed?" someone whis

oung," anoth

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inside me, restl

whispered. "We're not

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at smile is a no, that smirk curl

e said coldly, his words drippi

and flew to the bite mark on my neck. It burned like fire. Lik

closer. I

ou're mine now. The Moon Goddess chose y

ng. I wanted the ground to open up and swall

mmed the creaky door behi

lutching my chest as though I could rip the bond out with my

supposed

suffering

akly beneath my sk

I can't!" I shot up from the

to run

e an outcast... or if I'

have t

, but I didn't care. I grabbed anything I could find, shoving them into

f plastic and du

like weights in my hands, which reminded

to l

door, I twisted the knob with trembling

a Lu

like a stone

asked, voice lo

iled me. I didn't ev

or words. He shoved

floor, pain flari

m the fall, but from the vio

u can run awa

can disgrace me

ard me, something

ergy came from. Maybe it w

at him. And h

and for the first time, I saw somethi

he sho

already

ds shaking as I yanked it ope

st confused pack members who stepped asi

ed on instinct, adrenaline

to g

ut of the packhouse and sprinted towa

there.

wa

ripped throug

arr

gasping, but

ck, but this

o the ground, blood seep

pinning. Through the haze, I s

rd me, eyes locked, ex

o, no

e, to do anything but my

I choked out, my v

My wolf whimpered, we

" she said, her voice fli

there?"I Heard a

ards p

ut I saw him, a stranger. A warrior, tall and fierce

, and something in them

said, his voice smoot

dded, gaze sharp and unw