moved in

a

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nt

's blood

the hidden tunnel entrance

t leavi

into hers. "I will find you. But

finish the

n't ne

as Dominic turned to face the int

heat and fear of

upward again, ending in a hatch. When she pushed it open, s

methin

oo

rest's edge, heart pounding

atching her from between the trees

ilted its

hey sh

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fami

d, a voice like smoke and sil

went dry. "You'

mused. "Oh no, darlin

lse st

you?" she

moon catching his eyes-dark,

nough for her to smel

mother was trying

thing ancient, something darker than even Theron's icy cruelty. His bare chest gleamed beneath

tincts

u

something else-someth

enough that the warmth

can smell it on you." That bond of

d, trembling against the pull inside her. "If y

mper. That fire. Your mother tried to bury

r along her jaw, a

his hand away, bu

're not just Omega. You're

meb

echoed in

now what t

... when Dominic fails to control the blaze

d, movement tore throug

mi

o the ground, claws

ff of black smoke just before

ime to breathe before

His voice was

d. "He knew my mother. H

ound her trembling body. "We'll talk later. Right now-your

ssing her thighs together, pu

aw cl

he'd been clinging to since she arrived was burning to

spered. "Don't f

s breath

e kiss

a

s tangled in her hair as he backed her into the nearest tree, his body pressed a

, clawing at his shirt, desp

led, lips trailing down

n do

nd his waist as he pushed her harder into the tree.

as on

e who could touch her

r heat spiraled, sharp and blinding, and the only thing grounding her was the feel of D

the world st

re through

ett f

lled, nostr

cream-fem

widened. "That's

ently, the feral edge

y cl

ut

is what I think it is... we'

thick-charged wi

ched tightly in Dominic's. The forest loomed around them, ancient an

he silence. Closer thi

ng in a flash of bone and muscle. Scarlett's breath caught at the sight of

she wh

dn't

ing low and urgent she couldn't shake. Her body burned, the heat from earlier still simm

clearing seconds

stopped

So much

ound, her chest torn open, her throat mangled.

y, the fig

ressed in fine, dark clothe

's breat

amp

his wolf form c

d his hands-slow, cal

voice like velvet laced with poison. "But

ove, but Scarlet

said, staring at the girl.

sending spies into your Alpha

despite the heat

, shifting back to human form, blood

girl was just the beginning. Theron's not ju

trust you?" D

id, looking at Scarlett now, "has a power inside h

's heart

meb

ing," she

hat you feel for him is just the bond?" He gestured to Dominic. The Flameborn don't

front of her. Pro

oug

s eyes stayed lo

cravings. The fire. Soon, even he won't be

her head. "I do

e up and your bed's scorched, when your wolf for

, but paused at th

when the flame takes her-will you still love h

n he wa

swallowed

heart pounding, the w

meb

ea

sum

er like she was alr

. "Do you think it's true? That

pulled her against him, bu

e murmured. "You'

g in his voi

p in the forest,