is

Beta, Nash Coleman, already waiting by a

support, I forced my trembling legs to move, following the sound of his fading footsteps

t into the passenger seat. I grabbed hi

the calculation in his eyes. Leaving me here would mean sending Nash b

ed open the back door and practi

he impact jarring my already bruised body

ked at Nash. "W

resh wave of pain washed over me, and I curled into a b

ise's tense breathing and his occa

ing toward our house, or even the main pack hospital. We were on a secondary road, one t

so dense the moonlight couldn't penet

the

fusion clear on his face

seat, his cold eyes p

ed, so cruel, I thought I

it on your own," he said, his voice devoid of any emotion.

thy wolf. For me, in this state

licker of pity in them, but he stayed s

spered, my voice cracking.

human female," he snapped, his patien

rated sigh. He got out, wrenched my do

d, hard asphalt. The rough surface scr

backward glance. The door slamm

its red taillights disappearing around a ben

of the wind through the trees and

lone. A

, but the cold in my soul was absol

ed myself up. My scraped

oad, trying to get my bearings.

p. Then

jarring shock through my aching body. But my eyes were dry, and my gaze

ute walk took

my legs gave out. I stumbled the last few feet, pushed open

. I was burning up, then freezin

pping into a dark, welcoming voi

My body was failing, my blood still warm and wet against my thighs, bu

r mind-link, the bond that had once felt like a promise and no

e his presence should have been, I sen

ect you, Alpha Blaise

of the road. The years of being called a liar, a schemer, a burden. I le

rkness swall

ise

less than a mil

the center of my chest, right where the silver

ect you, Alpha Blaise

lifetime of her pain. The miscarriage. The cold. The road. It slammed in

lf we

hind ice and discipline threw itself against the bars of my control, snapping, cl

Mine

s sharp with alarm. "You

, the leather groaning under my grip. And in my chest, the silver cord-

e. Alone. Bleedi

the words tearing out of m

he mirror. "Alpha, Daniela

ni

the madness, and for one frozen moment, I stood a

rk road, who had just thrown aw

't hesitate.

I

I

tbeat before I said "Drive"-I lost something I wo