EN
side Seattle, deep in the Cascade foothills where t
een here in
shade, my only living family told me that
been
car immediately. Their eyes w
er one, Jackson, looks
I say softly. "I
. Should I
nt to sur
artner. Pack protocol says they shou
family. I'm the
es swin
years ago, the training grounds where Damien taught me to fight, the pack house where we host gatherings,
moment, hands grippin
ight before my mating ceremony. He'd grabbed my shoulders
a. He doesn't love y
at. You're just be
ed together for five years. I kno
did you in
ht he was my fri
angry and hurt that he cou
rrow, Damien. With or
e doing it
etween Nightshade and the Ashfords. Made it clear that if I
down that a
tell him he was
car just as the
ills the
ould tear down mountains with his bare hands. His dark h
le
prayer and a curse and
Dam
each other. Three years of silence
n hardens, and I s
e hurt
the point. T
I com
. I walk into the house that
me photographs on the mantel. Except one is missing, the picture of Damien and m
emov
asks, his voice c
ing str
He pours two glasses of whiskey neat, the
amien says finally. "Not a single word. And
block
chose
eno
down, but it's a good burn. Clean and ho
ord died five d
n't change. "I heard. He
eral was
're here? You ne
d out something about Domini
is knees, and I see the shift in his
I
w York. About Dominic's confession that he's been i
tricked Dominic into signing, hidden i
him eve
mien has drained his whi
at, factual. "I'm going to challenge him
you'r
session with his brother's mate. That's." He stops, jaw clenching. "That's grou
everything. I
st let you go? Once he
ce. The court date is
for a long moment.
had
Elena, dissolving a bond, even one that was never comp
een grieving f
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