ra
e door to my room
floor, shoving me into a chea
he estate and practically tossed into the Blackwo
rs of the Blackwood Pack House'
decorated in shades of grey and pe
replace rema
gne sat in a crystal ice bucket, the melting
ed into l
's your first night, my lady! The whole pack will think you're a laughingstock. They say t
, moving toward the small kitc
olf to howl for my mate,
er; he was drowning in the agony of his cu
ried herbs from my bag-a sp
r filling with my natural scent of wild hyacint
g the mug to Nia. "Give it to Beta Marcus. Tell him it's
oubtful but
the pristine, untou
g into the high-tech command center, the
mented beast, offering a sliver of
minutes
new linen in my roo
violently, making the h
cedar and snow bled under the doorfra
mmered agai
the silent hallway, stoppi
s handle
n, and the temperature in th
ped over th
man, his broad shoulder
pt over me-cold, detached, and
Hattie, trembled so violently that the
the floor, terrified of the lethal pred
Kaelen c
elly rumble that vibrated
out without a word, pulling t
ounded like a gunshot in
look at the
ce at the champagne ch
replace, keeping a deliberat
gan, his tone entirely devoid of warmth. "But do not
my arms around myself to play t
l a broken pact. Let me make this completely clear. I do not need a mate. I do not want a mate. I
absolute protection of the Blackwood Pack. In exchange, you will raise those boys as your own. But I will nev
is muscles c
ecting the
ed dreams of a young bride realizing she was trapped i
my palms, forcing a sheen
hrinking into myself until
submissive curtsy. "I am just a wolfless Omega. To be granted your protection and not be bea
across the room,
through m
me, his brow furrowe
mpliance ba
dden ambition, but all I offered him was the hollow resi
ly muttered, his voice tight
the boundaries of our sterile arrangement,
me, his hand reaching for the br
it," I ca
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