Claim My Blood, Love My Ruin

is that, li

ined wall of the Iron Fang compound. The other hand was already ripping my shirt open, buttons scattering across the concrete floor. His golden eyes

uffed wolf I bought him the day I fled. The same storm gray eyes as

shed the half healed mating bite he gave me th

. Leather. Motor oil. The sharp metallic scent of a wolf who had not let himself calm in years. My pulse slammed again

abandoned. Dozens of hard faces stared at us from every corner. Patched leather vests. Chains. Guns. These were not civilized pack wolves. These were

open and shoved the fabric aside. Cool air hit my skin. The old mating mark sat high on the curve of my breast,

s a snarl. Or I wi

ice cut through t

e saw the boy. Saw the stuffed wolf. Saw the same gray eyes that stared back at him from the mir

ut. It is yours. It

Liar. You ran. You hid. You let an

. The words scraped m

re club. Checking for any trace of another male. When he found none the

d my eyes. And you expect me to believe you stayed untouched. His hand slid from my throa

laim pushed him closer to the edge. I had tried everything. Black market healers. Stolen pack medicine. Blood rituals that left me vomiting for days. Nothing worked. Only the Alpha's comp

ed silent. Waiting. Watching their Alpha decide whether to finis

ak human whore in front of every wolf in this ro

ighter. And you lived. Th

brushed the shell of my ear. The second mistake was coming ba

is incomplete. It is killing him. It is killing you too.

lethal focus. He released my jaw, grabbed my arm, and dragged me away from the wall. Th

oward the heavy metal door that led to his

thout looking back.

ip. Let me talk to

ed shut behind us with a final heavy clang. The noise of the clubhouse cut off instantly. We were alone in a long con

e last one at the end of the hall. His room. He kicked it open, shoved me

ard with thick rings bolted into the frame. A desk covered in maps and weapons. A single windo

hard. His golden eyes had not cooled. If anyt

e command was q

n is out there. He ne

compound. Kael took one step forward. Then another. Clothes. Of

ll. Then the bra. Then the rest. Cool air kissed every inch of exposed skin. The old m

ead back. The other hand gripped my hip hard enough to bruise. His mouth crashed down on the

trace of you. Five years I told myself you were dead. And the enti

e cracked. I tried to m

to knot you until you cannot walk. I am going to force this bond open so wide that neither of us

ets. Kael stood over me and started unbuckling his belt with deliberate slow movements.

distant, I heard my son's vo

heard it too. A dark sm

not leave the Iron Fang. You do not leave me. And after ton

The base had begun to swell. The promise of a knot. He climbed onto the bed and caged me in wi

me, he

di

. When I knot you, you will beg. And when the bond snaps fully open you

ead of him pressed against me. I

. Not a pack wolf. Something else. Somethin

window. The howl came again, closer this time, layered w

to mine. Pure lethal pr

ssed my borders is about to learn what happens w

buried himself to the hilt as the first gun