yet it rang out in the quiet of the empty Mooncrest Estate. We were in the

and a greater one in my heart. The bond had been a muffled thrum ever since, but now it was... c

asked, his Beta senses

own. It was too soon. It could not be happening now. The Healer Mira

ne, earth, or the other Alphas. This was unlike that. Dark and wild. It was a smell of burned e

ic

ll of muscle and menace. Darius Blackmaw. His eyes glowed a startling, evil red, and

ing possessiveness. "Look what I found. A little Omega, left unprotect

nstincts flaring. "Get out of here, B

gnited in them. The rogue Alpha's scent, combined with the onset of my heat, was a flammable, deadly mix. My body was working against me, a siren song of submission over which I had no control. The bond, the connection to t

," Micah said, m

t. I am here for what is mine." He took a step closer to me, his hand reac

gh the conservatory. A sound of pure, unadulterated Alpha rage. The four glass-panelled

low and deadly. His eyes were pure go

e. "Ryder? What are you doing

oken command. His eyes, however, were not on Darius. They were on me, his eyes w

none of your concern, Blackmaw. But your visit to this land is a blatan

knuckles, a feral glint in his eyes. "I'd love to

h between Darius and me. "How did you even find her? This place is secure." H

reading across his face. "You can scent that, can'

swift, powerful movement that allowed the rogue no opportunity to react. The two Alphas collid

, rimmed with an ancient hunger. The bond was a wildfire, a physic

Darius to the wall, his hand wrapping around the other m

mine. He fought out of Ash's hold and moved towards me, a snarl distorting his face. "Come, little Omega

of me, a wall of pure Alpha dominance. "Do not presume.

e claimed by any Alpha who is strong e

!" Blaze yelled, stepping up beside Kai. "You want to prove

My heat was intensifying rapidly, a furious, desperate thing. The conflicting emotions from the bond-Blaze's rage,

rotective barrier. He looked at me, his eyes holding a strange mix of horror and fascin

eyes shining with a cruel intelligence. He shoved Kai and Blaze out of the way a

oared, a sav

amping over Darius's face, his grip a vice. He pinned the rogu

It is not marked, maybe, but it is there. And it is ours! Get out of this territory at once,

. He growled at Ash, then at me, before a final sneer contorted his face. He vanished thr

Alphas were staring at me. Ash's gold sparks were fading, ye

ze said, his rage morphing int

ai said, ever the pragmatist. "The bond

ng with genuine concern. "Rhea, can