ith

me in fragments, shatter

ts, but the articulate, thunderous fu

and musk. I was in a cave, a small fire crackling near the en

t through my back like a hot ir

bled. It was low and vib

the river was standing there, a silhouette against the grey light out

n the clearin

sodden, clinging to his frame-he must

e dripping with entitlement. "She is a fugitiv

hat was

assive arms over his chest. "I saw what happened, Kane. I saw you hold a

stepped forward, his claws

his tone icy. "This woman is your Mate, isn

om his lips. "She is a burden! A millstone around

ke whatever fragile piece of my heart was le

his eyes manic. "Give her to me, or I

cating pressure that rivaled Kane's own. "But know thi

ared an

s, in human form, trading blows that would have pulverized

" I sc

gony tearing at my spine. I crawled toward th

op

e. He glanced back at me, his amber eyes softening for

ch to Logan's jaw, sendin

s with me. His gaze was cold, dev

t me. "You cause trouble wherever you go. L

asting like ash. "I'm leaving the territor

r this, Lilith. From this moment on, you are Rogue. You have no Pack. No n

it settled over

t," I wh

smoothing his wet hair. "Keep t

d reshaped until a massive wolf stood in his place.

as heavy, filled only by th

rned to me. He didn't look at me with pity. He lo

back?" he asked, his v

inst the cold cave wall for suppo

rply. "He broke the bond w

rifyingly large, filling the small space, but

," he said quietly. "I was patrollin

y voice trembling. "Yo

ere the color of polished amber, burning wit

" he said firmly. "And because my Pack needs a Hea

from Irene,

he wilds alone. Or you can come to Iron Claw. Not as a prisoner. Not

er of silver in the dark sky. The Blood Moon Pack w

"But I'm not Lilith

ou then?"

d to be. It was empty. Silent. The constant hum o

I said. "And I li

roving gesture. He stood

o home,

It was warm, ca

strange sensation deep in my blood. The wolf inside m

howl. She

dy vibration in my chest

as closed. The chapte