The Alpha's Forsaken Mate

t in cold silver light. The pack's camp, usually filled with the sounds of wolves and la

ss his face, and his icy blue eyes scanned the gathered wolves with a cold indifference. A man bred for war, Talon had learned early on th

eone-chained by an invisible bond-repulsed him. And yet, there was a stirring deep inside him that he could not ignore, a te

is Beta, Raiden, interrupted Talon's

feel the jealousy festering beneath the surface. Raiden was loyal, but ambition could change a wolf, and Ta

"The Silverclaw Pack has been seen near the border aga

had been a thorn in his side for months now, led by the conniving Alpha Kade. Their incursions had

," Talon commanded, his voice like i

his attention was drawn, as if by an unseen force, to the back of the gathering. Standing the

lar

ant, but there was something about her that unsettled him. Her hair, dark and wild, spilled over her shoulders, and thou

ay. Yet something in the pit of his stomach twisted whenever s

he had learned to stay in the background, to keep to the shadows where she wouldn't be noticed. The life of a slave in the

htered by the Bloodmoon warriors, nor that she had been taken as a slave to hide her true identity. The pain of her loss, the humiliation

ally n

e for her family's downfall. The Alpha who had led the attack that decimated her people. She loathed him

? Recognition? O

his attention. Not now, not when she was

f the other slaves, a girl named Lyra, nudged her sharply. "Stop standing there

silently, following Lyra back toward the Alpha's den. But as sh

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r That

h he tried to focus on the looming threat of the Silverclaw Pack, his mind kept drifting back to her-Elara. He couldn't shake

ed under his breath,

e, but this...this feeling unnerved him in ways he couldn't understand. His wolf stirred res

hat w

. Elara. The air shifted again, charged with something electric. She entered, her head bowed

dn't tear his ga

rds were unnecessary. Elara stiffened but said noth

m, thick and tense, until finally

re you

her hands tightening on the tray. For a moment, she didn't move, didn't speak. Talon's eye

, Alpha," she replied, h

ore she could move away. The contact sent a shock through him, his wolf howling ins

bond. A pull so strong it nearly brought him to his knees. His breath ca

't just talking about her words-he was talking about th

burning with hatred. "I'm a slave, Al

wolf howling for answers. But Elara was already moving, sl

est. He didn't know what was happening, didn't understand the force

a lon