lia

mega and offer you my full support," I said,

miled, a vi

sneer. "Good to see you finally know your place, Omega. We were get

to sing for him over the Mind-Link during the Blood Mo

of the entire pack. A few weeks ago, they would have. I

e stones thrown into a bottoml

e me down, his silence a clear endorsement of their cruelty. In that moment, I understood. Any kindness he had ever shown me, any tol

trong drink, taking the glass himself. He cut her portion of the roasted boar, making sure it was the most tend

alcove. She had a glass of juice in

alright," she said, her voice a sof

n't r

ked, her voice dropping to a whisper. "About our pl

don't know what you

suddenly suffocating. "Don't play dumb with

rupted. I looked up. High above, the massive central chandelier, a monstrosity

It had

, plummeting towards the

er. In a blur of motion, he lunged. Not for me. He shot past me, a black-clad missile of pure protective inst

n glanced in

a symphony of shattering crystal and blinding pain. The weight of th

s cold fire burning through flesh and bone, suppressing my wolf's natural h

na, his hands running over her frantically, his voice a desperate whisper in her m

act that his true mate was bleeding

septic herbs and blood. My brother, Ronan, was sitting by

he saw my eyes were open. "I should have

robbing ache radiating from it. The Healer had d

t foreign, detached. "It's not your fault, Ronan." I looked

ked co

ilent message through the Mind-Link to th

the portal jump in ten day

was nothing left fo

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