The Alpha Who Killed His Savior Mate

e from a genetic curse, but he loc

my blood daily to feed his mistress, Emily, who claimed my

and the acid burns, hoping h

to rescue me, Emily smashed his skull w

idn't scream. He stood betwee

looking at my brother's small, broken body floa

lly shattered. The bond between us snapped,

pered as I faded

sappeared, the lab

s he thought I killed, w

pack doctor rushed i

Emily. "There is no baby. She has b

en at the empty pile of sea foam on th

rst time, the

pte

ina

through my skin and hissed against the raw flesh underneath. Silver was poison to werewolves, bu

re was stale, smelling of mold and old blood, so different from

sting wave, was flickering. It was the lifeline that connected me to the sea's magic. Wh

ee

the claiming mark of my Fated Mate to ground me to the earth,

il

e day I came ashore, carrying the treaty to save his pack from their genetic

eyes met, the w

a pine forest, ozone and rain and deep, dark earth. My heart had hammered a rhythm that wasn't my

a monster. He had seen the daughter of

t u

s running down their arms, stepped into my cell. They didn't wait f

. The lack of water had dried out my ski

you," the War

nt, wet prints on the polished wooden floors. We passed the grand staircase, and I saw the O

low tide,"

ts pups," ano

triction tightened around my vocal cords-the Curse. Every time I tried to

The floor was covered in a thick, plus

s tense under his black shirt. Even from here, his aura was suffocating-a heavy

, predatory way, with blonde hair and eyes that he

er voice grating. "The smell

e landed on me, I felt that treacherous spark again, that pull of the Mate Bond tha

oice was low, but it carrie

and, but my k

d, com

hijacked my nervous system. My body moved against my will, jerking forward like a puppet

ooking down at me as if I were a stai

nding stones. "Please, Silas. I have so li

s of electricity through me-the *Mate Bond* trying to connect us-but he ignored it, treating it l

ilver dagger

ged, tears leaking fro

at tightened, choking off the word

e!" he

t red like a human's; it shimmered with a faint, pearlescent glow. This was the Essence-the concentrated li

ng hand and held it

said softly to Emily,

headache" was a lie. I could smell the deception on her-a sour, metallic scent

ng her lips. "Get her out of here,

cond, I saw conflict in his eyes. His pupils dilated, his wolf

t," he

e hallway. As the door clicked shut

f Omega maids walked by, carrying b

a deluge of freezing

iolently. They threw

trail, fish,"

laughter from the bedroom where my Fated Mate held another woma

d silently to the ocean.