ssa'

e Crimson Pack's courtyard. I saw nothing but icy resolve, no regret,

ul as he said, "I want to see him."

my head and repeated. "I was rejected by you, Kane. I am treated like a slave because you let

jaw. Melissa, I h

u were aware of what you had done to me. You humiliated me in front of everyone w

hands clenched into f

d me down, you forfeit

he pack was observing. The woman he had rejected, p

rvously. "Ple

o doesn't know you. He isn't even aware of your

ny. "That is not possible

d. "Obs

y heel and beg

e and said, "Meliss

h, Kane, believe me. It happe

h the renegade wolves I had brought with

of his group, I ought to have gone

d business. Perhaps I desire

out of my rev

lis

ed. With his hands by his

a sigh. "O

re different. Not as s

" he said quie

arms. "All

was mistaken. Almost a

d. Whoa. Is that your big

s eyes clouded. Excellent.

'm not even counting on you to trust me. However,

"You regret it now

. Melissa, I was blind. They misled me

"So what? Are you now accusing them? Kane, y

understand. I also d

in his eyes for the f

him to sense it.

at pleading will resolve this? That you'll fe

d, but he was u

etly. "A useless, feeble mate. A shame. You humiliated me by allowing them to beat me.

wince, and his breat

s he added, "Melissa, I can't change the past.

ne, you can't repair what you broke.

e people. The pack had been

powerful Alpha f

he would never have bec

roughly e

od close to the training ground

n the air was heavy with danger as the warriors talked behind my back.

"Melissa, Vanessa, and the Beta are plannin

"They are,

in his eyes before I could inquire ab

stopped

g inside, yet my voi

ute ago. He must have

froze.

o tear someone to pieces

me I knew was unbear

nning toward the area of t

. Taking my son, though? Her de

dy shook as he stood between two fighters, but h

rled into a grin. Melissa. You stole what

ists up. "Let

u fight me? She pointed around

w by now." My power crackled in the air as I let

ou believe you are mor

in a lethal tone.

aunched

hrough flesh and my movements a lethal dance of

was strong, I w

er throat, I pinne

not to murder you.

as she coughed. "Because..

led. "

r comeback is ju

erced the air before

ame other warriors

n

or the assault, but

ike. A sme

a

rage as he stood at the edg

ghters

out a gasp.

s piercing and lethal. "You

fri

a painf

tart caring?" I

ok. "Since I al

the truth in his eyes. I

to believe him, th

at Vaness

e

in closer

a hand. "P

"Will you ever have

ead were at war a

not s