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ejection Scroll lay on my desk, its shimmering silver ink mocking the very foundation of my existen

d slicing through my ago

ply ingrained prejudice blinded her to the reality of the Silver Crescent seal. "Sign it, brother. C

vely bleeding from the tearing Mate-bond, and my sister's sheer, ve

uman snarl rippe

t ou

Marina's eyes bulged in sheer terror as her body locked up entire

overing just outside the door. *"Drag her out. If she steps foot in t

auling her rigid, trembling body out of the room. The heavy oak door

by a blind, pathetic desperation, I gathered every ounce of my willpower and forc

al void, my voice cracking with a

her voice echoed back-cold, distant,

lackwood? Did you get

n't care. She felt nothing for me. The realization t

d. *"Did you go back to the Silver Crescent Pack for a

f your business. Go tend to your Omega, Kacie. My biggest m

ine,

na

silence in my head felt like a physical blow from a sledgehammer. I stumbled back, clut

ng back. She would never forg

hed the silver pen from my desk. My hand shook violently as I pressed the nib to the he

ink dried, the

reached into my ribcage and ripped my heart in two. I gasped, falling to my kn

te-bond snapp

pain to subside, waiting for the release I thought

moonlight and silver frost-the scent that had secretly anchored my soul for three year

is voice dripping with pure, venomous hat

e whole. I hadn't just lost a Mate. I had severed the very tether that kept