es

shut. I leaned my head against the cool m

"Go back! She is ours! Our mate is in pain!"

small space. Rejecting her had torn my own soul in two. The pain was a

. It was my brother

car was waiting. I slid into the driver's seat but didn't st

ite phone from the glove com

voice hoarse. "It's do

d, gravelly voice replied, "Good. For the gre

greater good," I had to protect Isla. Even if it meant abandoning my fated mate. It was the only way

straction from the howling in my soul. I drove out of the

, a property under the

a careful construction of concern, but her eyes held the sharp glint

. Isla has been waiting," s

e on her face as her hand instinctively went to her still-

softly. "The call.

had little effect on werewolves, but the action gave my hand

asked, her eyes shini

liquid in one gulp. It burned my throat bu

she accept it?" she asked, h

Under an Alpha's formal Rejection, the only

the Kira problem is solved, shouldn't we start planning your cer

eir goal. Use the child to pu

al, tried to soothe me but only sparked a wave of physical revulsion. It was artific

mother. She's just worried

nd this child is my responsibility," I said,

n both their

. I softened my tone. "Isla, you need to rest

ne drawn in the sand. Disappointment flashe

My mate was shattered because of me, and I was trapped here, hono

slid to the floor, my

Kira's face, her green eyes wide with sh

he words a silent prayer. One

thought it, that she m

ge from my Gamma, the Pack's head of security. "Alpha, we've tracked an unfa

ectly at the woman I ha