Bound to the Beast

ing when Rhea stepped ove

shattered body of Cassian. His wolf form had shifted back-naked, bloody, lifeless. The bond bet

The tears had dr

rgent. "The elders said we n

ke ash-hoarse and hollow. "Yo

le

. Feared. The one whose warriors attacked under a blood moon, leav

t before the fire. Ju

Cold. Calcula

ndant in her hand. It was the

he said. "Not un

hard. She dug wit

her mate beneath a ring of black stones, just like he

the pendant

she whispered. "E

d her at

lter. Rhea stood between two warriors

she f

Violent.

ees bu

hispered. "

e knew tha

Mate

d her, slow and deliberate, s

es of the monster w

nder Bla

ght bitterly. "Because it just bou