Wolf Queen Rising: Betrayed as a Wife, Crowned as a Queen

hink." Damian's icy voice still echoed

sible to think, but worse was the sensation in

ng a life together, was undone by

on the nightstand. The painkillers prescribed by the doctor were almost gone, a

utside, heralding

storm raging

ngly tending to my wounds in bed, the d

Selena's voice was sickly swee

the nines, looking

llowed close behind-Dam

ritted teeth as I sat up,

d brightly and glided to my bedside, just like in t

take care of you." Her fingers lightly caressed the rough plaster on my leg.

I gasped, biting down on my lip

ess in front of her.

feigned concern. "I only wish I

omposure, "if you're here just to mock me

you." She sat down in the chair beside me as if she owned

the little ones inside you might not survive. After all,

shed to

did yo

n her eyes was unmistakable. "The doctor said the curse is contagious. Your pups are already

children are born, they would only bring dis

gesture, her smile grow

tly clouded

rom the bed and clamped both hands around Selena's

sed her eyes, quickly r

she screamed, her voice pitched w

, the door bur

he threshold, his fa

tacking Selena, blind to every

go of

wn on me, the suppression from deep within our

balance, crashing backward into the

blood sprayed

t impact, began to wreak havoc. I fel

arms. "She tried to kill me! She's gone mad! I onl

r with his body, and looked down at m

h word carving wounds into my heart like a blade. "Ella, this is

ithout a backward glance, leaving m

ilence, broken only by

now? This is the man you claim to love so deeply. He'd rather believe an outsider

, a tear slippin

ever let anything ha