t in California-was growing desperate to find his mate. Without
missed an opportu
ad?" I sighed, barely
exactly wh
et, then it's not time." My voice was edged with f
tudied me for a moment before walking out, lea
strongest pack if all anyone ever
rson to love me unconditionally, and there wasn't a wolf
thout a Luna, they felt incomplete. But
er, pulled me from my thoughts.
l be t
patrols, not as Alpha. But
r, Turner was already waiting. He
'd find y
"You know m
by. Still on the same topic?"
It's like he doesn't have anything to
ts the best for you. And the pa
they want. That won't make her magical
't push further. A mind-link interrupted
e said before shifting int
, letting my thoughts drift-unt
me like a bolt
. It was intoxicating. My wolf, who had be
Ma
fr
edge of my territory, was a fi
chest. But then, beneath her alluring scent, I
ro
y fists. My ma
s, unpredictable, and usually exiled for a reason
sly, I ap
ecause she turned-and when o
cean, striking and deep. I had never se
y m
Mi
dawn in her eyes as well. She
out, my hand brushin
's your
speaking to her. Then, barely ab
he sound. My wolf basked in the m
I murmured un
uth to say somethin
we get back to the
t I didn't let go of her. In
una has
t-pure, unrestrained joy
xxon
mate wasn't p
ere? That sure as h
could tell me what I was. And now, instead of sneaking around, I was being
x, I muttered u
have found my mate. Ma
as the worst
my mind. The book is here. And the pack elders may know more
allowe
, I agreed
ed everything
e moment we stepped inside, I could feel dozens of eyes on me. Whispers filled
hrough the main hall, his touch both protective and p
staircase leading to the upp
ogue." It was
d but met hi
w clench
he stair's railing. "I'
, but he didn't push. "I'
hiver through me. His wolf was
we reached the highest floor, he led me into a spacious room. It sme
His voice was softer
k tones with a king-sized bed against the far wall. Floor-
e," he said, watch
ted in surpri
flashed. "Of cours
ere for a book, for answers-not to be pulled into some whirlw
ok a step back. "Get some rest.
like that,
I couldn't sit still. Th
tly down the hall. If I was lucky, I cou
led me where I needed to go. At the end of a
shed i
s, stretching toward the ceiling. It sme
searching desperately.
k of the
elf. Maron had been right-it existed. The answ
, ready to leave. But the moment I st
pack grounds below, their eyes na
der!" on
book behind me,
tify yo
nd out I had taken something from their sac
a second before they moved in,
the Alpha,"
my throat. This wa
ents, I felt
Ro
glowing with raw authority. The warriors ste
oing on?" his voice w
lf, Alpha," one of them explaine
s eyes darted to the way I clu
said slowly. "
in-to lie-but before I could
ot the chan
ugh my veins like fire. A violent pulse of energy explo
ground hard. An
De
of blood fil
ile
rror, the green energy still
nd me recoiled, eye
. didn'
my voice shaking.
Eno
ice was
ntire pack, he uttered th
Jaxon, reject
world
nforgiving, tore
ng at my heart as t
llapsed to
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