pte

el

nt hit him, Kaelen

p, maddening. The beast inside him, the thing he kept shackled

a

n his bones, prim

before him, fierce and flame-haired, made it harder to breathe.

or this to be

from the gods. His generals would cal

gave with

oxicating-sweet with fear, laced with defiance. Omega, yes. Bu

eel," she said

Close enough to feel the

ecall aski

beast clawed just beneath the surface. It wanted to

her yet-not in the same, visceral way it did for an alpha. That gave

re. No

dered his guard. "She is to be kept

o his, confusion flick

dn't

ford to lose contr

hing you wou

if I want to protect

ay before the wo

d the curse always got