The Cursed Alpha's Assassin
spering
swallowed
d, suffocating void. A whisper slithered through th
nd y
wasn't wolf. It was somethi
ith anticipation. His wolf surged forward, an instinctive response to d
reaming at her to run, but she forced herself to stay still.
wante
d her ear, like icy fi
ell lik
breath
h
. The flickering remnants of dying torchlight revealed a figure-twisted and elongated, its hollow eyes absorbing
yxf
one was d
ation, driven by pure, rabid hunger. This
s frame coiled like a beast re
ead, its movements jerky,
never stay
stomach
g to Kieran. It w
sharp gaze snap to her, but th
he Nyxfie
forth with a ferocity that made the air vibrate with energy. He slashed, his s
ozen overlapping whispers, like the murm
didn't
weapon she'd used before. The moment her fingers closed aroun
ssed. It recogn
o
e dagger, aimin
creature
shadow and mist, reforming behind Kieran in an instan
an, m
rely grazing his ribs. But the cold that came with i
abbed its arm and r
ood-only black mist, pouring from the woun
ound. She didn't wait for the creature to reform. With one
ade co
hattered glass
was tearing it from the inside out. For a moment, it fought to hold
ping whisper, it disin
le
, the scent of something unnat
with deep, controlled breaths. His hands were still
r tighter, watching as t
h
turned
rned with something far mo
ing was," Kieran said,
ulse stutt
lie t
tone sent a primal
speaking as an Alpha. As a predator demanding t
g at the edge of the hall, watching, waiting. If she didn
red breath. Choose you
before," she admitted
jaw ticke
d hes
't tell hi
," she final
g ch
g flashing through them. "You don't get to kee
urled into fists.
d out before she
ice was dangerously soft. "You're the one with a past full of s
ze, unflinching.
ning a hand through his dar
the tension. "You're no
g moment. Then, finally, he sh
king orders to
e enters or leaves the est
eased a sl
herself a lit
not
e thing wa
nds weren'
ther wa
-
d within the shadows of an an
thick with whispers-not of the li
ltar, his fingers tracing symbols etched in blo
gun," he
ess, hollow ey
ht shivered