a P

rime, his face carved from granite,

ston Coleman, Alpha

lean and powerful, with the s

, Spencer

rriors dragged a small, trem

swept across th

y mother in her wheelchair, a flash

voice like chipping ice. "Garrison.

weight of his own shame, flinched at t

ed something

ge Affirmation Ritual, my mother had s

I had used the ring's emergency channel to send Preston a brief account

ness of Elois' betrayal, and Preston's men had taken

they needed to cross onto White Pack land

ed quickly

raped it over my mother's shoulders, a

elf slightly in front o

he asked in

g through my chest that had

holding, and the last bit of

Jebedia

's old sta

red Garrison

lea. We found the

iors shoved Jebediah into

knees, babbling. "Mercy,

d to him, cro

over the man, making him t

, his voice quiet but carrying

shakily rais

ued, "you were in the service of El

es,

White was away, did you not often see another man, late at

hall held i

! He's lying!"

ed to agree with her, but Sp

dropping to a dangerous growl. "The price for lying

's defenses

hut, tears streaming d

he cried out. "The Beta

na

mother like a

, complicated grie

r's reaction that w

back as if he

ength went

al for my mother's han

ut of him now. "After Alpha Garrison left, they were together almost

, undenia

s all

not only been cheated on by his mistress, h

ltimate, ind

t human tore from m

ploding out of him in an uncontrolled wave,

orm of Elois Mercado, and he

as a drumbe

lood was abo