hina'

u to challenge my authority." Marcus co

entire study seem

my body sliding down slowly un

ably now, my palm burning as if it still held the ling

g my soul, but a dull ache - like a rusted nail deeply embedde

nce blessed by the Moon God

l transmitted pain, but it

a human feels pain? I clenched my teeth. No matter what, ev

quietly wait for the rem

ed by the Council, I can take Margaret's one billion doll

solve many

l old age in a new tribe, and i

of my future - the vast sky without Marcus

udy door, and headed straight

s this moonlit rose garden s

w it - her perpetually fake smile cracking apart, her teeth grin

ooing dramatically at the flower, "Sorry, sweetheart, but I ge

s tone as I uprooted them: "You lowly human, how could you ever deserve my

s mixed with dirt in complete chaos. Hands on my hips, I whistled at the disaster scene

I came out through the front gate - but damn it, my car had bro

d his mistress were embracing in front of everyone, wh

e the one billion dollars right now! Otherwise I ca

de, nearly instantly, fat raindrops crashed down without warning, s

ly wasn't my goddess.

ps when something felt wrong. A

's fine, Seraphina. You're not far from the manor. No

he metallic sweetness of rain washing over soil and leaves. I could hear raindrops b

ro

eet, freezing my blood in an instant. I

wly from the trees along the roadside. Their footsteps were nearly inaudible in

and soaking wet," a coarse voice called out

bad it's soaked. Must feel awful, hu

ly, threatening to bu

kirt tangled around my legs, and I fell hard, scrapi

their greedy eyes roaming freely o

d over me lik

dying here is better th

ow who I am! I am Marcus'

pha already showed up at the banquet with t

My dick is already hard," another

ain, followed by an ear-splitting screech of brakes. A black sed

nd powerful, like a black beast coi

a few simple numbers, but i

lver wolf-head emblem on the

ground, tremblin

t - cedar, dry warmth - washed over me,

d reached ou

r of eyes as deep and cold as

he strongest alpha. I remembered Marcus mentioning him

as he

if everything that had just happened wa

nt, shame, helplessness... all of it

u into the car?" he finally

at

nk you. I'm not injur

at was draped over me. I loo

of having naked wome

ompletely. The outline of my breasts and the triangular patch between my thig

ore instructing the driver to h

ide, he didn

I was just about to thank him again when Sebastian caug

re unhappy in the Crescent Pack, the Shadow Pack's corpora