Moonbound: The Alpha's Last Vow

e. She was nobody. A rogue with no ties, no past worth hunting. She had spent years slipping through the c

reathe, to shove down the r

't flinch

k this is, but no one is after me. I don't belong to a pack, I have no family left

eyes unreadable. Then he turned and strode ac

he tossed the cloth into the wash basin. "T

d hard. "Like...

his expression grim. "Like th

took a step closer, his presence suf

s pulse

not po

t look awa

d between them,

e? Could the rogues have simply been scavenger

ast-something she had tried to forget-

ready for t

hand through her hair. "T

harply. "It me

dged with something

im, her throat tight. "W

-just slightly. "I w

terly. "You don

"I know what I fel

a stif

tinued, voice rough. "And

n h

shouldn't exist, that she had spent her life avoiding. S

mittin

happ

posed to go along with it? That I should just accept whatever curse the Moo

kened. "I don't expec

orward, his voice quie

arbara. And I won't

something unshakable. A promise. A vow. She hated it. She

line. "Maybe not." His golden ey

ing a hand through his dark hair. "You'

. "You're talking

ed. "I'm talking

tion she had been avoiding since she f

measured breath. "You

e

beast. The monster that stalked

tightened. "I'v

ression unreadable. "Then

owed hard

" he said, voice like

lse pounded

sting a long shadow across the room. "For a century, I

's golden eyes darkened, flic

xed, and Barbara swore she saw claws flicker for a split second before he clenched them in

wisted. "And

n there won't be a

n't sure why it bothered her so much. Why the i

self that she didn't care about an

as his mate, the man who carried a curse heavier than anything she could imagine- sh

sharply. "So w

his golden eyes searching

owned.

d before saying, "Because you'r

her like a pun

y step back. "You d

n didn't waver.

the trees. Could still feel the weight of Andy's words press