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A P
ost who could stitch you up or ta
oke up in the bod
ad in my past life. The one who's used, abused, and dies alone wh
this
heirlooms. His sister taunts me in the hallways. They've trapped me in a mating contract I never wanted,
dea who they'r
at the ceremony-so I make sure she's the one who gets burned. I know Draven's family will steal from me-so
nted a
ho can turn a household cleaning agent into
ng of their confession. And the entire pack watc
didn't plan for-somethin
preg
n this cage a second
. Fat can be burned away. Scar
when you're alr
**
t through my skull,
he sound a rough, unfamiliar rasp in my throat. The ceiling that swam into focus wasn't mine
d to s
feel like my own. A roll of fat at my waist pressed against the sil
st my ribs. A cold, sli
re aw
mething cold and sharp. A man stood there, a silhouette against the morning light. He was tall, broa
ph
ed it before my min
w, dark hair, and eyes the color of a storm-tossed sea. He w
I was something he'd
The sting of alcohol. The burn of desperate tears. A woman's voice,
n hushed, angry tones. The original owner of this body had cornered him,
. He tossed a file onto the mattress. It landed w
he said, his voice devoid of any emotion, "our actio
ears. It wasn't the word "mate" that shocked me. It was his name, which sud
en W
r's bed. I knew that name. I knew this story. It was from a werewolf novel I'd
And I had
in the
wolfless Omega who was obsessed with the Alpha protagonist, Draven Ward. Th
ost missed it. In my head, I could almost hear the ec
ing it. He was rejecting the bond with every fiber of his
n a body I didn't know, facing an Alpha who c
le. I pitched my voice to be small, fragile. "Can... c
e contract. "The consequence of refusal is the exile of your entire family from the
e cast out to be hunted and torn apart. I had no choice. This was
e cold authority as Draven. She was elegant, her silver-streaked hair pulled into a tight c
. My future
e didn't look at me as a person, but as a stain on her expensive rug
r neck. Exactly as the book describe
Draven said, his tone flat. "The
n, her perfume cloying and suffocating. Her whisper was for me alone. "Don't f
he room as quickly
was better than being in this room with me. But just for a second, as he turn
him. It recognized me,
once he was gone. So the great Iron A
ement was clumsy, the unfamiliar weight of the body making me stum
on made my s
eye down to the lip, pulling it into a permanent, slight sneer. The body was so
ngs. Then another. I raised a hand and traced the
nt ago, slowly changed. The fear receded, repla
a specialist, an operative who could put a man back together or take him apart wit
book. The plot. Thre
usin,
would use a special "finishing powder" laced with a corrosive
pathetic creature in the mi
-empty bottle of expensive whiskey. A bedside table. On
een. I scrolled through the contacts until I found the
ced in my mind. A forgotten prophecy. The return of the White Wolf's bloodline wo
accord, went to my
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