The Alpha Who Rejected Me Needs My Blood

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I knelt on the bed with my bleeding hand still against Caela

heard. His chest jerked. His lips turned from blue to pink. Under his skin, the black

" Wren screamed.

ne fell to her knees and an old woman by

d, and the floo

ose's face was wet and shining, the face of a man whose

too fast. He let go a

wrap my han

palm himself, slowly. His eyes never left my face. "Lunar blood," he murmure

"I don't know wha

rose. "Of cour

and the Elders came in, three of them in gray robes. Elder Hollis led them, a stooped man with a

toward me. I felt

id. "I used a new serum

s not bleed,

ll speak in council tomorrow." He sighed. "But there is the matter of her safety. If even half the rumor is true, Dr. Calder is n

ne about the attack. Not Wren, no

ht, Dr. Calder moves into the east wing of the Alp

eone whispered, "Thank

ike cotton, and my conditions had given me the c

N

a breath. Ev

r for the first time in weeks. His voi

leeps where

move. "My boy, you nearl

Alpha's or

Ambrose bowed, a perfect, graceful bow. "

out. Elder Hollis went last, glancing back at the bed as if he wanted to remember it. Wren hugged me

g on my sheets,

I could stop it. "You were dead.

lines had faded to faint gray threads, and his col

t m

"Your hands are shaking. Yo

d. "You swore n

He lifted two fingers from the blanket, t

landed. My throat tightened

he said, softer now.

not your

ause. "I'm as

tead, strong and steady. I checked his temperature. When I leaned over him, he

was warm on my ear. "Whatever he

east

ay eyes were frightened, truly frightened, and I h

hy

back on the pillow. "The doors..." His voice s

as a

and two broad guards were waiting in the hall, polite and silent and enormo

t them lead me to the east wing, through a hall of dark portraits, to a small, lovely ro

I did not drink it. The door shut behind me. T

ic

the wood and heard two sets of boots settle outside, a

n bars on the outside. I sank onto the edge of the bed, and my fingers found the boot w

, but the sound came again, wood sl

ame shook in the dark gap behind it, and a face appe

ed. "I need to show you what