The Alpha's Unwanted Daughter Returns for Blood

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umbled to ash in the flames. The girl who had cupped

m I couldn't stop. The chill seeped up from the packed earth floor, and the air was thick with

nch. A man named Jed Hicks filled the doorway, his large frame blocking the

a small w

r a few feet away. Thin, watery oatmeal sloshed ove

l with the toe of his muddy boot. "The Alpha doe

der

g a lock deep inside my mind. The filthy stab

hall of the Blackwood

shoes. I stood in the center of the cavernous room, a stray in a palace, my r

ll there, m

ad lived the life that should have been mine. She was perfect, an

a warm, welcoming hug. The scent o

her voice like honey. "I'm going to mak

yes. Just for a second. They were

tector. She taught me which fork to use, gifted me beautiful silk dresses she no longer wanted, a

off me as if I were made of glass. Disappointment was a constant cloud in their eyes

mutt," he'd call me, his voice dripping wi

sharpened on a single nig

ell of

and saw it. The west cottage, Caroline's private cottage, was engulf

wards it, to help

face was a mask of rage, illuminated by the fire. "You did this!"

e pack warriors had doused the flam

ed in a charred hand,

uicid

, but with a heart full of jealousy. It claimed I had threatened her,

nt script read, than live in

from his throat. He would have killed me r

the night. She looked at me, and the love a mother should have for a c

spered, my voice lost i

t want to. My pleas were just t

e name Montgomery was torn from me like a piece

s they dragged me away, my eyes searched the crowd, d

aughn Sinclair

. But his eyes... there was no doubt, no

emory, and I was back on the hay, th

again, a sharp, impatien

my own face-pale, gaunt,

ars had frozen in

ses, once clear, now felt like a frozen lake. And deep beneat

t, patient, and utt

m cold and weakness, m

hed into

sh of my palm. The sharp sting of pain was a welcome anchor

as all I