ian

knees. I could feel them looking at me, waiting for me

dn't

en he caught me staring he turned away

He just stood there like he

cleared

r fated mates, as it has been a tradition of the kingdom for years and going against it brings consequences, deadl

od there with my hands in my fists, waiting for someone to say

the platform,my legs

same spot, but he wouldn't look at me. Hi

tood a few feet away, eyes somewhere

bond tigh

st that kept getting worse. I pressed my hand there,

started go

other step out the

t it already sounded far away. The last thing I sa

-red moon. One of them turned its h

rything

smell of clean

e I was,then I saw the wooden ceiling of the infirm

ing in the chair

ci

is knees, staring at the floor. Whe

" he said. His

f up but the pain in

ppened?"

ced at me, then away. "The healers said the bon

owed. "

They wouldn't l

quiet for a

ed the back

arlier, It doesn't have to control either of us. We can

tired like he just want

don't want t

n't de

noticed something on the side of his

oking. He pulled his coll

," he said. Then he stood and le

at the cl

t, but it wasn't o

tside, Adria

e wolves under the red moon