a P
rime, his face carved from granite,
ston Coleman, Alpha
lean and powerful, with the s
, Spencer
rriors dragged a small, trem
swept across th
y mother in her wheelchair, a flash
voice like chipping ice. "Garrison.
weight of his own shame, flinched at t
ed something
ge Affirmation Ritual, my mother had s
I had used the ring's emergency channel to send Preston a brief account
ness of Elois' betrayal, and Preston's men had taken
they needed to cross onto White Pack land
ed quickly
raped it over my mother's shoulders, a
elf slightly in front o
he asked in
g through my chest that had
holding, and the last bit of
Jebedia
's old sta
red Garrison
lea. We found the
iors shoved Jebediah into
knees, babbling. "Mercy,
d to him, cro
over the man, making him t
, his voice quiet but carrying
shakily rais
ued, "you were in the service of El
es,
White was away, did you not often see another man, late at
hall held i
! He's lying!"
ed to agree with her, but Sp
dropping to a dangerous growl. "The price for lying
's defenses
hut, tears streaming d
he cried out. "The Beta
na
mother like a
, complicated grie
r's reaction that w
back as if he
ength went
al for my mother's han
ut of him now. "After Alpha Garrison left, they were together almost
, undenia
s all
not only been cheated on by his mistress, h
ltimate, ind
t human tore from m
ploding out of him in an uncontrolled wave,
orm of Elois Mercado, and he
as a drumbe
lood was abo
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