o the point. He had
k and captured his children. Now, he had to consolidate his authority. There wa
ed her hea
is.
, as if she'd misheard. But when she met
ike repeat
yes, A
own Iris since they were children. She doubted she could tell t
hurt her..." Her voice trembl
e's pack had suffered under the old Alpha. She knew they had been tre
't what Cane w
ut the marks
st have undressed her. A cold dread washed over her. She
ed at the corners of her eyes, a hot mi
d of his boots echoed through the room, each footfall he
ruck her with the force of a blow. He kn
wai
me, she had
.
guard slowed outside Iris's cel
the other replied, hi
d his partner finally circled back to
wracked with tremors. She looked impossibly sm
ong. Looks like she w
time she'd falle
nce settled
through the week,
it'd be better if the Alpha just fi
s, they had lived under the thumb of the Blue Moon Pa
at. But it wasn't her actions
ndition..." one of them mutte
look, then contin
. A weak, fleeting pity, not nearly e
't be an injustice. Maybe it would even be a release
.
ou filt
rough the room as the bl
Do you hear me?! I'll slau
dissolving into
dn't answer. They wer
calculated.
just enough time to start healing.
on Alpha. The one who sho
he was
d he was just a prisoner,
as so much
out a moment's hesitation. The members of the Howling Wolf Pack had been his playthings.
It's not like he'll be needing it. W
ed his head
you say
w, predatory smile,
ke that," he replied calmly. "H
til the Alpha decided his fate. In th
one condition.
ng for breath. His lacerated skin had already
pain r
ompletely that day..." he spat, a n
gaze d
ed its way to
f. There were so many of them. Too many. He h
g when he saw the shift
s voice dripping with cold cruelty. "I ha
idn't a
those years ago, h
he roles wer
as about to
ut
ropped, fla
n waiting for that single word. T
locked on Mason's, "feed it to
in Mason's gaze was exactl
.
oice was a trembling whisper. "He was
raw and swolle
oes. The wounds remain. They never disappe
reath, trying to ho
metimes he kept her in the attic for days. Wi
thought the Alpha was prote
like a prisoner. A s
ds, her posture one o
nothing to do with it. She suffere
laugh was he
ke
ead, a faint, di
t o
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