THE LUNA'S REVENGE.

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me. My pack had won, there was no question. Ella's wolves were broken, defeated, scatter

s battered and bruised, but she still held herself tall. Her pride was all she had left, and she wouldn'

around us were slowly calming down, and I motioned for my pack to h

istant. "You've lost. Your pack is mine now. Your

n on her. Her shoulders stiffened, her fists clenched. I could tell sh

g the defiance in her eyes. She wouldn't break easily. That was

ce low and mocking. "You're bound to me now. The bond...

e was something else there too-fear. She wasn't afraid of me. She was afraid of what this bond mea

leaned in, the words sliding out like a caress. "Y

going to let her get away with this. Not when she had come so close to takin

inched, but didn't pull away. I wanted her to fe

my surprise

never ac

strength in it hit me harder than I

amusement clear in my voice. "You can resist all y

her jaw was clenched. "I won't let you control

didn't understand. She thought she could fight this,

iring smile. "But you're fighting something that can't be beaten. The

ire that had driven her to challenge me in the first place. She had the spirit, the he

l learn soon enough. The more you resist, the harder

n't back down. She never would. But I knew s

e silence. I wanted her to hear it, to feel it. The vi

asn't fin

r voice steady despite the defeat

ance that still intrigued me. She didn't break, not completely. And for a second,

but our battle h

ust as I always did to a

still burning in her eyes. It was the only thing she

ing what was now rightfully ours. Her land, her wolves-

ill on me. She wasn't defeated yet,

h-could she really fight the bond