The Alpha Pact: Love Enslaved, Love Unleashed

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hand. A peace offering. Seraphina had insisted I go, to show the pack

er voice in my mind. Not directed at me,

the portal jump in ten day

e? A cold knot of something I ref

nocking. She was sitting up in b

I demanded, my voice

al adoration. "With all due respect, Alpha, t

n my head, irritated by her defiance. This wasn't how she was supposed to act.

sturing to her bandaged leg.

will be able to w

d to go for a follow-up treatment, a cleansing ritual to purge the last of the sil

you," I s

. The silence was unnerving. I was used to her filling every moment with cheerful chatte

hina was waiting there, a worrie

, rushing towards me. "I was

irely on my chosen mate. "I'm fine, my love. How are you feeling afte

a gasp and a sicken

ine of the ramp, had rolled away. It was headed directly for

chair. She lay sprawled on the rough stone floor, her hands and knees scraped

ce dripping with false sympathy. "Kaelen, you

eeding form, and then at Seraphina's c

ut to perform the Marking Ceremony with my

to struggle on the floor. We only got a few steps before I he

o a conspiratorial whisper, meant only for Caelia, but my Alpha hearing picked it up. "I know

plash and

l, a deep basin filled with ice-cold water used for treating

see shock.

ered, shivering violently

o be. The Omega ha

ina from the freezing water and wrapping her in my jacket. Her teeth were

er mouth to speak, to explain, b

re," I

moments before-and dragged her to the edge of the pool. She was alrea

ed her

of shock. Her head went under. She came

I unleashed the full force of my Alpha Command, my voic

er direction, I will cast you out of this pack! I will strip

o stay afloat, but the cold and the shock were too much.

k beneath t

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