beneath strands of silver-white hair, his am
broken the bond ages ago. So why wait until now?
't been seized and brought to her by he
nce childhood. But whether he had entered the bond willingly w
clear-he wanted the bond severed eve
terrifying power. "I've already explained what I wa
ss. After a beat, she added, "Devin, heal his injuries with your
able of healing wounds. Yet Hannah had always
heal Danny-and promising him her
ly wounded, and Devin wanted to see what game Hannah was
around his fingertips-the spir
glow sank into the torn flesh, staunching the blood as the mangled
The tension slowly eased from his body, and
htly labored from the spiritual power drain. A
her with open suspicion. He clearly did
rnament no larger than a finger joint, fashioned from some unidentifiable material. Her
teadied herself with a deep breath, then dr
and a vivid bead of bl
above his chest, and allowed the crimson
the color began to thin as though something
had faded enough for every
ence swallow
g against the faint warmth lingering on his skin. With the residual heat and
ed across Devin's chest. His pupils constri
ng her blood willingly to weaken a bond, much less wi
ua's face. Stunned, he reached for the bea
eyes. His gaze darted between Devin's faded beast mark and the bl
olet eyes locked on the pale beast mark across Devin's chest, and for the firs
ve me now?" H
ut a word, turbulent emotio
t now, it collided with the fir
possible to deny. After witnessing it thems
od still welling from Hannah's fingertip. His throat bobbed as if words
unding through him. When he looked at Hannah again, his eyes h
most pressing problem. "But w
rtain. This time, he had left without revealing hi
e heading to the wereagle pack. Before he left, he mentioned captur
her. "The wereagle pack is at the border of the Shadow
Hannah's voice was firm, l
ion had b
ed some rest. You should all... make whatever preparatio
his expression impossible to decipher
Hannah, his stride paused ever so slig
r of his mouth curled, but whether it was because of mockery or someth
ok at Danny in the
Danny were the
he kept his questions to himself and si
ned with thick layers of dried grass and
e wall, the tension wound through h
s a sliver of hope-enough to ke
s far fro
the bonds could never undo the deep hatre
d her only because she held
, they would not let her off. After they had endured years of torment, their
her was merely
ove she wasn't the monster
d to dull the hatred that ha
s peacefully. After that, she would be free to choose a few mal
ulously handsome. If she had no choice but to liv
ought, soft footsteps ec
een leaf in his hands, several
mouthwatering aroma, while careful roasting had
etween them. Even at that distance, his towering
the wide leaf toward her. His voice dropped into
ldn't show her such kindnes
nning to p
guarded eyes. Then, he added, "If you eat the me
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