y
ten wolves. I hated it here. I hated that Elara, my best friend, was forced
the peeling paint of her
cause Elara was wolfless, I couldn't just reach out to her through the Mind-Link.
aint scent-usually a soft, barely-there jasmine-was soured
my Warrior strength, I kicked
red with a loud
oom was a mess, but I only had eyes for her. I rushed to her side, pulling the cover
er pale cheek. Lingering over her skin wa
I growled, every syllable
her bruised cheek. She squeezed her eyes
ic of her mattress. "Because of Cadence? That venomous viper!" I spun toward the door, my
ands gripping my legs with surprising desperation. "Don't
ed her chin. Her eyes, usually so submissive, flashed with a spa
bled over a sacred Moon Goddess prayer. She sobbed about the healing salve she'd spent weeks making for his inner wolf, only for him to throw it into the fire, sneering that Alpha power came from blood, not Omega trick
you tell your parents?" I demanded, kneeling to grip her
h. "She called me. She... ordered me t
ore. "They'd probably hand Cadence a silver dagger to finish the job if it meant
th settled in her eyes, finally extinguishing the l
p. I wasn't going to let her rot in this dark
closet and throwing the doors open. "If you're going to reject a future Alph
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