ar

pened and it was waiting for me on the other side of wakefulness. And though my subconscious tried to protect me from the p

oo quickly. The room spun for a moment, then steadied. I groaned as my fingers touched a raise

for me to be caught while my father looked on. I remembered being grabbed and kn

only window here had bars. Was I some sort of prisoner then? Was Alpha Ryder a

ere are rumors, terrible rumors of wha

t there was no one in the room with me. Perhaps I could still escape. My gaze

aking. Nearly overlong lashes framed his vivid green eyes, while a tousled thatch of

id in a deep rumbling voice only

plicable pull towards him as though my life had been leading to all this moment. My wolf stirred within me, cl

gasped again. I didn't think I was capable of normal speech just yet. Ryder? This was Alpha Ryder? I had heard of him. Everyone in my pack had heard of him. Everyone said he was a savage, cruel man. How could

ng, but my wolf was by

words. He merely raised a brow, watching me struggle. Apart from the fact that he wa

.. feel it? The- the

ng moment and I though

ease." He looked meaningfully at the sofa I was still sitting on. "Secondly, you will be working in my pack

e bond you mentioned, it is quite laughable that you would think for a moment that I would claim you as

my brain desperately tried t

step towards me. His eyes flashed and burned. It was at that moment that I knew why peopl

Alpha," I

jaw jumped as he

k you a question. And like I said, completely erase the not

are physically strong enough to work. I have no patience for weaklings." The door cl

rned into a slave by the other. What had I done in my past life for the moon goddess to punish me so cruelly? I nearly fell o

taring right at me. For the third time, I felt that this str

my wolf