ra

w slack. For a fraction of a second, I saw genuine shock in his eyes-not at the news, but at my defiance. He

ego violently re

ss of the pup had simply driven me to hysterics, that I was st

ed, his voice dropping into that dark,

Pack to their knees. But as it hit me, it shattered like glass against a stone wall. My soul was completely c

e was gone. I didn't wait for him to process his failure. I turned my back on him, desce

He was angry now, but still clinging

used in the doorway, his gaze landing on the covered plates. I watched the tension leave his shoulders. A faint, arr

at down, looking up at me expectantly. H

was no

crisp legal documents bearing the Thorne Pack seal, a h

e turned a mottled, furious red

rayal," I said, my voice devoid of any emotion. I

ying these games. You're grieving and unstable." He pointed a finger at me, his t

e didn't know, but because the T

just let my voice ring out,

s still here. Once the heir is bo

roze mi

avin," I whispe

s, but it was instantly swallowed by defensive rage. "That was private," he snarl

le. The screen displayed live search results-his team's desperate attempts to scrub the internet

n's face. He stared at the scre

t to handle the crisis-but to check if his prec

le, feeling nothing

damn papers, Al