en's
her voice wavering and pl
I spun around, anger bubbling up, but the si
who stumbled forward with palpable relief, clut
ed to cover herself. Without a second look, she
ers, anger simmering
g a drink, ice clinking as it hit the glass
, shutting the
ce calm but with a quiet undertone of judg
, feeling its burn settle, though it did little to ease the i
ence. He was the only one who cou
But he knew how to push just enoug
eady, "that your pack was attacked las
er than intended, but I forced a smirk, deflecting the tens
nda again. She won't stop, Noleen
, a cold smile tugging at my lips. "Let h
to ask further. We both understood there were things
ere for another
ly wasted time, but something was dif
quietly. "You need an heir. Someone to
ir? I'd avoided that idea for years, yet now it
h bitterness. "What do you suggest? You know none of the sh
y gaze, un
re else. A place where the curse
yet... something in it held a strang
. The idea of letting anyone that close - of sharing my life, even tempo
ctly would I f
s tone calm, but his gaze held a
he women there aren't
ring me, disdain flic
I repeated in
pha." H
ather a child wi
y gaze,
" Adel replied, steady, his jaw
t now; he was challenging me,
struck harder than
ed, voice low
, but inclined h
tween us, acknowledging the line he
er. Just long enough to secure an heir. Af
his words dared me to de
just long enough to serve my purpose, then letting her go once she'd
is could mean the survival of my pack, one less weakness f
inued, his voice now calm, his usual edge absent. "
e. My mind raced. A bride. An heir. The pack's future. It all
old smile curving my lips. "F
ard the door. Just before leaving, he glanced back, something
gaze, un
And with t
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nda'
announced, voice low and reverb
s slouched, a hint of fear rippling
g her here," I replied, a grin tugging a
s he remained bowed. "Alpha Noleen
before he could react. My fury must have been e
but forceful enough to make him flinch. "If Nolee
apple bobbing. "I won't
sing him with a wave. "Now go. A
ing shut behind him, but
pale and streaked with dried blood. He droppe
ice strained, body hunched under th
g me in place. "What did you just s
," he repeated,
d over me like a wave, and under the grief, anger simmered, growing hott
icy, deliberate, brimming
ssly, but we managed to capture one," Morris said, desperation clear in his
yes, calculatin
clenched
me to