a horror so deep it m
ears. She was my safe place, my quiet harbor, and
Eclipse Mate. Worse than that, my best friend was standin
o pieces who dared to touch her. My mind told me this situati
orward with silver chains, Luci
boiling acid. I knew Lucian better
gle night. The mere thought of his wild ha
I growled, my voice
are at him, but the wo
s completely gone. His eyes were wide, filled with a ra
games, he was already
ke something fundame
n brothers since we
bled together on the training grounds. We ha
ho would never betray me. Now, this fragile girl stood dire
outed, motioning for the Silvercrest guards to ad
aid cold
y," Lucian snarle
s chest heaving. "She belongs with the
d his chest with both hands. "Y
into a concrete wall. "You think I wanted th
sharp claws extending as our
s, barely holding us apart as we
y streaming down her pale cheeks. I saw the pure horror
guards and reached out
of soothing warmth washed over me. My inner wolf
face turned murderously dark. He looked like h
ew suffocatingly cold. The third symbol burned onto Elena's
en. My father, Lord Thomas Cross,
a's wrist, and his face drained of all color. He di
voice trembling slightly. "Leave th
stepping in front of Elena's body.
rushing grip. "The Eclipse Mate has never been a blessing, you
I demanded, pulling m
his guards to secure the perimeter, completely ignoring my questio
firmary, I snuck back into my family's estate. I bypassed th
anels behind his desk until
and the heavy wall slid open
ather journals and ol
found an ancient painting of the l
ainting had Elena's soft eyes, her e
ge describing the two male mates bound to the Eclipse Queen. One was rep
tle was written in dried red
e journal had been v
e portrait of my grandfather off the wall and found a tiny metal safe hidden in the
leaving my lungs
lena as a tiny baby, wra
r with a look of intense pride. Elena's mother was kneeling
na existed long before
he back was a date from seventeen years ago. Elena was only t
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