Vance'
ung in the silent air. The crowd watched, expecting m
were
esolute calm. The world seemed to slow down, the murmuring crowd and the rustling leaves fading into a
ispered, her voice not a hot roar
. Then another. My ey
f unease crossed his features. He took an involuntary half-step back b
" Seraphina whined, clutchin
e I could see the faint stubble on his jaw,
hen I
whipcrack in the st
attered love into it. My hand connected with his
ide. Five perfect, red finger
Omega. I had just struck a powerful warrior,
steady as stone. "That was for the Moon Goddess," I said, my vo
, not of weakness, but of a hea
ar on your mother's soul, Ryker! Swear t
th was one of the most sacred, most binding acts in o
m more. He was momentarily speechless, his perfec
o publicly, crashed over him. His face contorted, the carefully crafted
d, shoving Seraphina
his hands reachi
h shouted, moving to in
aside as if he were a fly. I tried to scr
d my upper arm like a vice. He twisted, intend
ck* echoed in th
my shoulder down to my fingertips. A screa
le. Dislocated. The pain was so intense it sto
f warriors, this was too much. To so brutally injure a she-wol
ock at what he'd done. He hadn't meant to injure me
ed, doubling down on his cruelty to cover his
and the core of iron will within me, refused to let me break. I bit
ad and met his furious gaze with one of my own,
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