phin

ting heat of the Golden Ball. White climbing roses twined around the marble balu

ty skyline. He looked cornered, his winter pine

tarted, his voice tight as he addressed Dominic, though hi

gave a subtle, approving nod. I

hrough the chill. Kaelen's shoulders dropped a frac

arrowed. "

ns regarding this treaty go directly through you, the Alpha. Your sister, Vanessa, and your... fiancée, Cass

len agreed

was a gaping wound, and I had just successfully isolated him from his toxic ech

earth scent heavy with authority. "Since this is a joint military effort, it

lor. "Absolutely not," he snarled, his Alpha pride finally snapp

g in his chest. "Your perception of her is stuck five years

ered him nothing but a wall of ice. The severed mate-bond hummed beneath my skin, a tre

s cheek. He was trapped, forced to hand over m

out, the word tasting

e in Kaelen's penthouse office

the floor-to-ceiling windows offered a god's-eye view of the human city. But today, the Alpha of the Black Moon

es. It was the key to his territory's survival, and my Trojan horse. Every humi

essly, projecting a chaotic wave of possessiveness and fury that made my sk

to sign his

, and the agonizing pull of our severed bond just to play war g

r, I reached out. My slender fingers presse

head, his dark eyes blazing with a

using to flinch under the c

voice clear, cold, and echoing in the sile