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for your mate go?!", Caspian my bet

im to stay back today cause of the important business we had at the pack. But f

is growing stronger by the day!", I

I killed all the horses in the stables, yesterday I

rying every means possible to fin

How many do I have to kill to make up for my ancestor's mistakes?! How many?!! And the M

feel false mate bonds with other werewolves. How am I suppose

y and create havoc. It was said to be the punishment for the sins my ancestors made.

10 years, yet she's

at had happened a thousand years ago?! Why am

us turning the whole Aethoria upside down, then we'll gladly do so. We won't s

ation. Suddenly someone walked into the office

ience with you, they are all waiting in the throne r

bed my fingers through my

rone, clearly uninterested in what was going on. My mi

rough my thoughts, pulling me back to the room. I looked up, meeting their anxious star

d, feigning a disinterest

been over ten years since your search for a mate began, and yet..." He trailed off, his voice barely more than a whisper, as if he

anger tightening my jaw. They see me not having a m

ieve it may be wise to consider stepping down, so another can-another with a queen-can assume th

each of them. "So, let me understand," I sneered, feeling Slade, my wolf, stirring ju

d its own physical weight. Their faces drained of color, and the scent of their fear-sha

mered, voice barely above a whis

all needs to be reminded of who the Alpha Ki

y changed, I stood up from the throne and walked closer to them.

s. They fell to their knees instantly, their breaths ragged, their expressions twisted with terror as if the very air burned

t now?" Slade smirked widened as he saw the fear in their eyes, wit

ss, please f

! Please make

each word punctuated by trembling lips and

sn't just a werewolf, I was blessed wit

think to question my reign, remember this moment. Remember how quick

nose picked up a scent, an unfamiliar s

my head, an eager rumble that made m

disappointment. "Calm down, Slade," I muttered inwardly, though my voice was

I wanted to believe. Yet his words were both a balm and a curse, stoking that fragile ember of hope I fought so

ers flickered through my mind-faces, fleeting touches, empty promises from my wolf's instincts that never held t

own on me as I struggled to contain the resentment seething within. "The cur

fierce and unyielding. "She's close. I can smell her scent,

's certainty and the cold weight of my own doubts. What if

pt to soothe the loneliness clawing at my soul. My heart sank. This is just another trick, I thought, though Slade wa

ds. Instead, I stepped closer, inspecting her neck with a sense of desperation, dread cre

was anything more than a mirage the curse had conjured to torment me. The realization hit me wit

bitterly, my voice thick with sar

h the surface. "You don't understand, Kaid

heavily in my chest, gnawing at my resolve. Each failed bond brought me one step closer

his time, almost as if he shared my pain.

n my pack-hung on this impossible search. I couldn't tell if the curse or the chas