la

table with a solid thud, accompanied by a locked woode

de the Pack borders was nothing but a death sentence to her. "My Lady," she whispered, her voice cra

to the ruins of the Silvermoon Pack-the torn bodies of my brothers, the lifeless eyes of my father. Deep within my soul, m

re is better than a Pack that reeks of betrayal, Effa. But do not wo

wiping her red

s discard me in the shadows. We are going to the Royal Capital. I will demand an audience with Alpha King Adrian Reynolds, and I will Accept the Re

outh, but the sheer terror in her eyes

ood, and a bitter autumn wind rattled the glass panes. A sharp knock interrupted the si

her quarters," Gilda announced, her c

simply walked past her, my

ng scent of decaying leaves-Bertha's natural scent-mixed with t

is wife, Amanda, a timid Omega who kept her eyes glued to the floor. Sitting on the velvet sofa was Kaci, Justin's sixteen-year-old sister.

etly in the corner. Her cold mint scent was completely detac

ive bed. Her skin was sallow, her hands resembling skeletal cla

ha croaked, reaching

e needed me. Or rather, she needed my dowry to keep buying those ten-t

ith the Silvermoon Pack gone... a wolfless girl like you has no backing. You need the protection of the Bloodfang Pack to survive. Justi

athetic, helpless orphan clinging to their scraps. They thought they co

. I didn't l

hand out of Bertha's skeletal grip. The

, Bertha," I said, my voice cutting through the heavy silence lik

froze. She was completely caught off gua

he cleared her throat, trying to recover her poise. "She is a bit rough around the edge

who was supposed to replace me. The sheer a