Forsaken for Her Sister: The Supreme Alpha's True Mate

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ed the

ing right beside h

justing the fall of the collar

begged for in the dream-an entire lifetime sp

upon another, I felt n

outside into the

through Thorne's, walki

d them, laughing and discussing t

ent ghost trailing the pro

lavish wooden building reserved

at a large

menu and immediately o

e told the waiter. "And load i

my heart ski

ces contained tr

e flower that acted like a

ounts of it for the spicy flavor, bu

I was severely

did no

ted Seraphina's hand, asking

looke

placed a massive platter of roast

mell of the Wolfsbane

nd mere allergy; a tide of acid rose in my throat, and my canine teeth a

slightly, trying to g

of the meat with her fork an

Alpha," s

t before he could take th

ss the table and lan

commanded, his voice rumbling

e table w

" my father as

er. "Elara is deathly allergic to Wolfsbane. A

ared at him i

ly tried to smo

r," she laughed nervously. "Omeg

ed my mother

hand and signa

Thorne ordered. "Bring

ambled to remo

n my chair, st

bread for Seraphina, acting as if hi

g and coughing up blood at his dinner table, on the night he proposed to her sister-that would be a stain

ght me to recogni

own at my

ng a terrible winter, I saw a yo

off my own thickest outer layer-not dry, but drier than his so

oy was

the snow, he held my hand and pro

ers found us, I had pa

, Seraphina was sit

ing him instead in the folds of her own.

e was the one

my parents forbade me from ever speaking

d back to the Pack Hou

gates, Thorne sudde

ents walk ahead, and he ste

bbed m

ht, a brand agai

d, his voice low and raspy. "Ever since yes

p into his

said calmly. "Perhaps

eyes searching my face for

earth and smoke coiling around me not

rowing. "You're going to the border. Yo

a finger

ble at my mating ceremon

my eyes-his face in another life, whispering his final wish over my bleed

d not

unsettled by my silence, and s

something shift deep in my chest-not fear, but the cold, quiet crystallization o