die
at the far end of the massive obsidian dining table in the Aerie. Gamma Arthur Vance stood beside Kingsley, sl
ozone of an impending thunderstorm. His inner wolf, *Rage*, was highly agitated. Clotilde
ten note attached to the in
se I was wolfless. A phantom sting of old humiliation flared in my chest
y eyes snapped to me, instantly misrea
e ice. "Like a pathetic, dependent Omega, you're actually eag
nk mask, weighing my
rned to his Gamma, his voice dropping into the heavy, inescapable timber of an Alpha's Command. *"A
stalked out, leaving the room
and pulled out my encrypted phone. A message from
a's silent auction includes The No
It was my mother's resting place, the only remaining tether to my
cial execution. It was a territorial wa
They were explosions of sequins, feathers, and tulle-garments des
said f
Noir*. It was a long-sleeved, high-necked black velvet gown with a plunging back. It
due respect, Luna, that's a bit... aggressive
my stare. Arthur was a battle-hardened Gamma, yet he instinctively took a half-step back, his inner wolf recognizing an
e foyer, the air was thick with Kingsley's oppressive a
he loo
elegance of the dress clung to my curves, transforming the 'wolfless freak' into a dark queen. For a split seco
ng gravity drawing me toward him, bu
iolently shoved his instincts down. "Barely adeq
tension was a physical weight. As the car took a sharp tur
or, putting as much distance between us as the backseat allowed.
ing the words with a heavy Alpha's Comma
, I saw the tight lines of his face, the subtle tremor in his clenched
etch. Tonight, I woul
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