a P

ntil the sun was a harsh

had all dried up over the last four years o

hollow shell,

phone

was a text message fr

stomach as I opened it. I knew, some

picture filled the screen.

a single l

acle. I'll be m

d silently on the thick rug, but the impact

eart and spread, a web of agony constricting my lungs. I ga

t emotional pai

rain si

s the ultimate betrayal, the bond itself turns

to keep from collapsing. My wolf, a part of me that had been

top in the bedside drawer. I needed to

t gossip website. It was a vile place I usua

d letters: "ALPHA AND HIS FORMER F

l table in a cafe. He was looking at her, his face alight with a tender,

d rested possessively

elow were a to

I'm glad the Alpha is fina

en useless for four years. It'

uching her stomach... co

was the damsel in distress, the returning true lo

, twisted the knife of

pery taste filled my mouth. I coughed, a wrac

down at

crimson blood sta

p, finally pierced t

nd he so carelessly abused. The pack doctors always warned that severe cases co

get to th

umb hovering over Bryson's contact. The instinct

e woman carrying his ch

ning echoed in my head.

action was small, but it f

e pack hospital'

didn't ask questions, he just listened to my ch

the ER

pull myself to my feet. Every

g with makeup. My face in the mirror was as

opulent prison I had called home for four years. It was f

t died in my eyes, replaced

keys from the b

't loo

taking me further away from him,