phin

t muffled my footsteps as stern portraits of past Black Moon Alphas glared down at me from shado

exhale before a violent surge o

current straight to my marrow. Before I could react, I was shoved roughly against t

se he had just discovered who I was. He had seen me standing beside Dominic at the ball. He had already understood the meaning of the sur

ce a deadly whisper that vibrated against my skin. "With his sc

tling at the disrespect. I forced my chin up, refusing to y

e go,

or my daughter?" he spat, his gaze dropping to my lips before snapping back to my eyes. "Five years. You disappeare

, pushing my hands against his solid chest. "You drove us out, Kaelen. You kept Lia

s face, something that looked

xture of artificial flowers, vanilla,

lara flanking her like a pack of hounds. Cassondra immediately latched onto Kaelen'

rother's. She had already been publicly humiliated once tonight at the ball, and now her face was etche

her face carved from ice. "Some stains ca

s knuckles white. He was torn between the excuses he had woven for his cruel actio

g. Drawing on Selene's strength, I wrenched my arm fr

way fro

e corridor, his tall frame immediately blocking me from the Black Moon wolv

ha mask snapping back into place. "We still

r, Steele. You should have understood that from what I said at the ball. Or d

ot for the first time. He had already realized it at the ball. But now it landed with a new, heavier weight. He realized that the wo

seeking, his only hope of saving his son, was the

about her being unworthy of him had, at this mom

s built on respect," Dominic continued, his voice echoing in the sudden silence of the corridor. "And you, five years ago you humiliated my sist

cornered by his desperate need for Silverwood's military support against the Rogue threat, not to mention the i

th might crack. He swallowed his pride and stiffl

alk privately

met his gaze and w