a's
I whIsper, my voice h
sn't loo
utters, and
pared to the fIre tearIng across my scalp as he drags me by the haIr. My skIn s
o cry. Godd
y fall silently, mingling wIth the crimson drippin
I ca
breath I take, dulling my senses, robbIng me of str
paIn, one question claws
risoner in the kingd
her. Just trying to bring
t's how long I'v
ogue dens, bribed traders, snuck through borders, even stoo
i
y mirror.
ble thread would tug at my chest and say she's here. But the tru
I foun
believed him. I wanted to. His voice was steady, his eyes kind-t
me like garbage to
till-I thin
e sh
he's
e born
committed the unthinkable-she lov
itor to the Lycan bloodline. They burned her in fr
Lira didn'
an. That night,
us, not just because of what we
ycan family was wiped out. No su
ed daughters. W
ink it
know b
was
n capital to find
to Jack's trap like
ded off like a package
eered, his laughter a cruel reminder of my vulnerability, of the fact that, wit
as a tombstone. Thick beard. Braided sil
t look at me as he spoke, as though I were nothing more than a cargo to be hang
unyielding. He looked me over, studying me with a detached s
oth that i was past the age to gain my wolf, and yet here i was, wolf
ycan?" The
almost smirking. "T
nger's mouth curled i