Broken Bonds: The Rise of the White Wolf

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from the darkness into

the sharp gravel of the pack courtyard. The fresh air should have been a relief, but my lungs we

. Hundreds of eyes bore into

atform. I landed hard on my injured side, coughi

l and terrible. Izzy stood beside him, her face composed into a

a privilege that sh

. The crowd fell into

ht of his Alpha authority. "You have been found guilty of treaso

denial lost in the d

s as cold as the silver cuffs biting into my wrists, "I hereby s

s a death sentence, but being 'nothing' erased my very

is broad chest heaved. I saw

the beast know the truth even

ron will. He crushed his

ond between us stretch, taut and painful, like

the Obsidian Pack, reject yo

rld st

t started in my chest-a tearing, ripping sensation, as if someone

med. A sound of pure, unadulterated agony t

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e the marrow in my bones was dissolving. The bond, that beautiful, go

ered back, clutching his chest, a look

"It's okay, Marcus. It's just the bond breaking. It proves how deep

I had to finish it. If I didn't complete the ritual, the linger

blood, I looked at the man I had loved since I

p of strength remaini

was a broken rasp, wet with bl

n

followed was deafening. It left behind a h

rkness rushing

ugh his voice sounded strained. "Dump her

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motion. A

an Elder, an older wolf, but rage had given him the speed of a

vvy, loo

hands. He saw the burns. He smel

first time in his life, there was

en body into his arms. "You blinded fool. You didn't

ted, though he was leaning heavily

effortlessly. I was so horrifyingly thin now. "

arcus threatened. "You lose everything, D

me, brushing a strand o

ything I nee

the Alpha. He turned

walke

the moonstone. It had fallen out of my pocket during the stru

lik