ra

days p

ntic, directionless energy. Kael lay

rrying a wooden tray. The air was heavy with the smell

a gentle Beta, but I could always smell the stale, grimy scent of a Rogue hidden beneath her cheap rose perfume. She needed me laid out on

er eyes welled wit

She reached for my sleeve, but I took a half-st

say only a miracle can save him now. They've tested dozens of wolve

nteer my rare White Wolf blood, just as she had in my dream. She wanted me to be th

g no echo of feeling. The words left my mout

d, confused b

ld save him! You love him,

her dress to her carefully arranged hair with undisguised disdain. "You are his

opened her mouth to speak, b

g her a solitary white fi

d. I had felt noble when I volun

the current Alpha, emerged into the corridor, his large frame bl

f hot herb soup on

lining my head in a

t me. His eyes were

s have tested everyone in the Pack. No one's b

rew dense, a palpable weight that pressed upon my

mand, a power that force

onating with that compelling power. "I need you to allow t

my knees. I had wept and consented, a

d. A warm current spread through my veins, pushing bac

on the crest embroidered on his

"But the mid-term examinations for the

tudent under the Crown's treaty, I am exempt from forced Pack

t me, utterly stun

pivoted on my heel. My worn leather shoes made no sound on the polished stone as I retreate

k to the base

g for me. She looked

ispered, her hands trembli

r and crouched

ough, warm h

er eyes. "I will never give them my blo

. She was an Omega. Fear of the Alpha

tective light ignited in her eyes. A m

squeezing my hands. "You protect

contract ends at the Winter Festiva

d kissed h

opened an old, heavy book filled with ancient magical runes.

d up my

to earn a pe

to write m

o weeping girl in white