Luha of the forgotten prophecy

nst flesh echoed through

d across her back again. The taste of blood filled her mouth, but she

ide. "Do you have any idea what you're worth? A disgra

o him-a bargaining chip, a

floor, her body aching from the beating. She knew bet

s crumbling, his allies turning against him, and his only solution was

was alrea

ackwood, the most ruthless alpha in the region. A m

father spat. "Or I'll m

tared at him with cold, dead eyes.

ne thing-if they thought she

orning cam

unrecognizable. The bruises on her arms were hidden beneath the silk sleeves of a pris

han her father, smirked as he yanked a silver ch

r," he sneered. "To rem

t, not the sting of betrayal. She had lear

the car

delivered to

ore organized. The wolves that guarded the entrance radiated powe

an with ruthless, unreadable eyes. His a

had been trained to submit,

en he

't wan

utting deeper than her f

into fists. He hadn't ev

s. "Take her to the ceremony h

eved. Instead, a strange

t beg for hi

reak her like her father

s. Crimson Shadow wolves, their gazes calculating and judgmental,

aisle stood Alph

A man carved from

she kept her face blank. She had learned to h

d silk. Her piercing golden eyes gleamed with amusement as she whispered som

stomach

hat look.

is

ene's presence. His gaze was

is over with,

s of the mating ceremony, but Selene barely h

. You actually think you belong here, don't you

She met the woman's ga

Kael. And she saw Selene as

. She had faced worse

respond, Kael's voice

reject you, Selene Voss,

ell over

aring into her bones. The mate bond should have snapped-but it di

ees bu

unreadable. The wom

ejection settled in her vein

he beginning of