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t mate of Xavier, the most power
mega blood, he refused to m
y disabled father traveled m
to stand in the biting
her's sour scent would distur
just swirled his whiskey and threw a li
ders, roaring that my family's filthy ste
hrowing a childish tant
r unborn pup in a pool of blood, he was out at
temper, waiting in a cold bed while he
loved with all my soul, an
sposable shadow while my own flesh an
bags, took my father, an
line finally awakened, I picke
ject you, Xavi
pte
ena
Alpha estate was a blade of hone
and labor. In our pack, the Blood Moon Pack, Omegas like me were the lowest course of sto
ed, my mother had always whispered that our bloodline carried
ddess had paired me with Xavier, the billionaire CEO and the most powerful Alpha of
d, and the frantic beat of my own heart became a drum against my ribs. A strange and profound stillness settled over my wandering spirit. My inner
ent, sharp and undeniable, shot up the len
ectric spar
the pack, because he despised my low-ranking Omega blood. An unmarked mate bond leaves no scent trail for others to detect-only the two wolves feel the invisible tether. Yet, he would not release me. I
iron gates of the estate and stoppe
of damp earth and old
frosted gravel outside
cliffs before he lost his mobility. He was lost in a fitful sleep, his body shivering inside a thin, worn-out coat. His scarred, calloused hands clutched a glass jar filled with fresh moon-glow herbs. They were not
tightened in my stomach
e scrambled back, waving his hands in a gesture of placation. With nervous, jerky movements, he brushed at the dust staining his old coat. H
he grand glass doo
l tumbler. The firelight from the hearth danced across the handsome, arrogant planes of his face. Beside him, Sylvia l
ate from the winter air
anding out here for eight hours. Eight hours in the
Alpha's Command. The air felt like solidifying cement. A faint grinding of bone came from his injured leg,
compelling
rbs and limped away into the dark night. We
ng with unshed tears, and demanded to know why he ha
a muscle jumped beneath the skin as my distressed scent flooded the room and grated on his wolf's nerves. He swir
claimed she was exhausted, having just returned from a night patrol for the pack. He said my
ually promised to build a shed outsi
him if he could hear the insanity in his own words. He was protecting a
yes and asked if he had
s, predatory gold light. A low growl vibrated in his chest. He used the prosperity o
e in my throat. I swallowed hard, trying to force down the
hen my bones broke and reshaped in excruci
up in a pool of my own blood. Xa
erbs he had dropped. He claimed they were gathered from the cliff edge to calm an Alpha's temper. He didn't
a lash of contempt as he declared the cheap weeds worthless garbage
my vision-deep within, something ancient stirred, as if waking from a thousa
arble floor. It exploded in a spr
ors for Sylvia's sick mother, yet he treated my father, who ha
loved for eight years and
y voice shaking. "You've b
bling hand in mine. Behind me, Xavier said nothing-on
like a slap. But for the fir
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