nor

Alpha, Beta, and Luna in the pews held their breath, their eyes darting betw

e room like a reigning queen. Her ancient, sharp eyes assessed me, cal

winter storm. She didn't apologize-Blackwoods never did-but her words were an admission of their s

crowd. From the front rows, t

He was Braden's best friend, and the glare he shot me promised nothing but cruelty. The oth

choices could settle, a shrill

rabbed Matteo's arm. Her face was flushed an ugly, mottled red.

the stone walls. "My son will not be saddled with a *rejected Omega

I kept my spine steel-straight. I wouldn't g

ammed down on the room, a suffocating pressure that force

a whip. Her icy gaze pinned the Gamma female in place. "Break this treaty, and you will answer not only to m

g. All the color drained from Francesca's face. Trembling

es. The trap was set. Marry the brute who hated me, or the coward w

done bei

shaking shoulders. I thought of the exact wording

em both," I

ke she might faint, and even Genevieve's stoic m

eady, projecting over the rising murmurs. "The treaty demands

Instead, I raised my trembling hand and pointed past the altar, past

ruled the entire North American contin

oose

ough time itself had stopped. The sheer audacity of

g into the fractured light of the stained glass. He was massive, radiati

first time, his obsidia

p it rattled my teeth. It wasn't a threat. It was something far more terrifying