Rejected by the Pack, Claimed by the Shadow Commander

ya

itchens sent th

ow it barely carried-and ev

, the Duke will not care. You will die in this co

d to my mother's former household, riskin

down with a sharp clatter. "This broth is laced with

, slamming both hands over h

de, sharpened silver pin.Without hesitation, I plun

in, dark crimson worm wriggled

breath t

her fingers knotting in her apron. "

o ruin me fi

mother's place in my father's bed - who wanted

er, rotted the host's inner channels, and bloated the flesh until the w

elf into an unrecognizab

r shelf, used the pin to flick the squirming w

d up, her teeth

e Arno! We must sh

"He gave Dian the run of the castle while my mother rots in an exile keep. Wi

ner of the cell and dumped the tai

or outside.Heavier footsteps fo

ropped to the edge of the cot, and slu

door was k

oil swept through t

e, her green velvet gown

ord, her daughter, preening be

, her painted lips curving into a smirk as

ly little pup managed t

ror, eyeing my hunched

tched every day. It smells

nwashed hair fall across my face

there more? I am

laugh and tapped Isabela's a

Soon enough, she will be nothing more than

d, snapping he

king at her ruins my appet

hoing down the stone corridor as the guards s

traightene

remor vanished

etween my fingers, feeling the wo

new exactly what

had alread

Bradford, a stolen vial was pushed beneath my mattre

My family strangled me qu

e-the Moon Goddess

nded somewhere no wolf had ever dreamed of-a st

d a dying body like a page, to brew a cure out of a corpse. When I close

e stench. Same ruined shoulder, stil

other life sitting q

ll, and I will not let them bloa

hat exile keep if I have to b

at is mine, one sto

ean in front of every lord

the bowl they

window bars and peered down i

e were slumping against the timber fence, p

letely swallowed

reonna, holding ou

the kennels," I ordered in a low whisper. "Deliver