The blackwood heir , the Alpha's stolen legacy

9: The Hi

the peak of Mount Ironpeak, abo

The old treaty said that to draw blood in the

ated it

the left, arms crossed. He'd come to witness, not to speak. His claim was formally renou

circle above them. The olde

haired and blind in one eye. He'd ruled fo

"You stand accused of breaking pack law, defying Council a

t kneel. No

e said. "To

nt through

heart d

ould have let her die. Guilty of choosing my pack over your politics.

pped f

e. You can exile me. But you

lene shifted her, letti

eyes. Rowa

mber we

aned forward. "Brin

epped up. She laid Mira i

k at Selene. He

baby's forehead. Old rite.

read under his

idened. Just

three Alphas," he said. "North Pa

oded through

e," someon

s intermarried before the laws were written. The North line

went s

d Mira back

Not to erase history. If we uphold it now, we

sto

of North Pack. The mixed-blood clause is suspended pending rev

ath she hadn't reali

action h

r

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aring

untain air was

a laugh-short,

n," he

tired and raw

ands in his pockets

at Selene,

he said. "And we r

Pack territory. Not as a claimant.

eyes. "It's mor

em before the

ver Ridge. They're pledg

w tightene

ra's old lieutenant was

owned. "A

anced a

elped her es

face wen

ncil let her go," S

nd we're going t

-

Selene cou

ery, safe under Kael's watch. The

eyes before she fell

. Not while th

ped out to

dy there, stari

's one of the

d. "Only the Council h

t the railing. "Then

hould rest. You've been car

"I'll rest when Mira ca

ed, tired

tubborn,"

u," Selene

, neither of

and tucked a strand o

he said. "F

met his

ywhere, Rowan. No

d, forehead rest

ed. "Because I'm n

m, the pa

stars burned c

time in months,

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