l's

was

y Selene hadn't come down for meals in weeks. How he

d not

at f

on. She was an omega after all..fragile, emotional. She probably thought everything we sh

ol

lt it in my bones, like lightning licking through my nerves. B

I took

ag

, I found myself in her bed, in her arms, losing pieces of myself to the feel o

asn't her mate or her lover. I was Alpha of Rael of Crimson Moon Pa

lauded her, with her father pledging his strongest warriors, his wealth and his allegiance to

se I

eel Selene's skin against mine. Hear her breath, soft and shaky. I had ordered them to

when one person abandoned it. When the weaker wolf fled. Bu

nished, and I began losing focus in meetings. I found myself distracted by her scent, memorie

r what it was going to cost me. "Find her," I commanded my pack, my voice l

.. ." My fist shattered his jaw before he could finish. " I said, find Selene and br

care if she's across the sea or buried under the mountains. You will

g her back... to punish her for leaving me in th

ams had died down. Now, there was only ragged breathing, their moans, and the sound of shackles draggin

p, but I had to come to finish it. He was a large man, but now he looked like n

escaped his lips. "We...we don't know...Alpha, we swear it.....we never meant any harm by

from his bloodied face. "I don't care what your intentio

..

words. With one sharp twist of my boot and a crunch of bone, I crushed his windpipe so

clawed inside me now. Restless, starving, furious. She had left me, dared

but it didn't. Every day, it felt like a chain being yanked from inside my ch

len

nly cleared my mind. I stormed onto the next call, the Alpha of Hollow River

d. "You're an Alpha right?" I asked calmly. "So you should understand how

hter. I narrowed my eyes. "Tell me what you know or no

o I grabbed the blade from my belt, pressing it against the side of his

urn your land, salt your earth, burn down ever

ng right now

did not know who she was..." he gasped, his voice barely

back against the stone behind him. "She...she collapsed at our borde

t and fear. But we

g did you keep her?" I demanded. "A week. No mo

saying a word more than he had said. I stepped forward, a

e vanished again. Slipped through in the night.

what!!"

hispered. "She'