Claimed by the RUTHLESS ALPHA

exploded in

ught her wrist mid-swing, twisting her around with brutal precision. The blade clattered to

eat, damn bond-and the closer he was, the more the ache built between her legs. Her wolf whimp

me trembling

asn't

" she spat,

, but firm, his thumb stroking her pulse.

't ask

called

m, curling like smoke, sweet and maddening. Her body was betra

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yes flas

shouldn't be able to

ow much

g her throat, his lips brushing skin. "Supp

went

k

the hollow of her neck.

this?" he whispered. "Your body begging

resisting the tre

ssed. "You want the bond. T

lightly, enough

e saw there

somethi

ses

mine. I know your scent is driving me to madness.

slapp

a

d through the tr

idn't

azing. "That's the last time I let y

er die,"

ened-still not choking, but

en I put my mark on your neck... you

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h

sto

ped upward. His

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on the

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art dropp

ased her

bol

human could. She raced behind him through the trees, pa

nd Hollow's End came int

age was

he earth as she broke

ced from rooftops. Smoke twisted into the sky like ghostly fingers. Screams echoed through the air

n Claw

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was a

her was some

, sprinting acro

m of her cloak. Her lungs choked on smoke. She pushed throug

EO

her cottage-half collapsed, the roof caving in. Furniture smoldered

ket on Leo's

had ta

-

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ved lik

d armor of the Southern Claw inv

ws. Another went down under his boot, spine snapping. A third tried to flee-Kael dragged him b

speak. D

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wa

e. Hadn't expected the monster that came wi

d the bodies,

out of the house, her face

id, voice broken. "My b

blood

ot

two long strides, g

uld they

ybe back across the ridge. Maybe to

d Kael caught her bef

y, surprising even hims

m away. "I have to f

d." His arms tightened. "And they won't hurt a ch

ae

r tongue sound

ted his

and take her far from the smoke, from the danger. To claim her. But she wasn't r

cr

ddenly. "You're not just an Ome

fire reflected in her

is Aria

pression

w that

the South. The one his father had slaughtered dur

sed to be dea

up at him,

are