en'

Someone... some worthless being, had dared t

rrow, it tore me apart in ways I couldn't des

im to investigate. He was dependable. If ther

epped into the grand hall together. The mo

..my aura...

ropped. The entire room shifted into d

he hall like thunder, reverberating against the marble and stone

s rippled through the r

shook with the weight of what she'd endured earlier. My c

rn this place to the ground

barked, rai

ing stoppe

oke, not even Jackson'

around a man's bound arms as he dragged him into the hall. The m

unwavering. "Your Hig

s. Her eyes widened with sudden panic. Beads of sweat began to form

omething of

get to the b

any suspicious activity. I spotted this man receiving a large sum of money j

the words sink in

hen, he pulled a handkerchief from his pocket and tossed it aside. I retrieved it and

eyes da

ht up to him, knocked him out, and brought him here fo

scended on the roo

s knees, his voice cr

t mean for it to happen! I swear,

g forward. The anger in my voice m

dy trembled. His h

ropped like a da

was Mist

gasp echoed a

oices cried out in

turned to

s parting, her face a m

r, never lookin

oldly. "Did you betray yo

d across Diva's face

eave her vulnerable... that she could get to you more easily. She threatened to kill my entire fa

ame. Something close to jealousy flickered in his

d, "Diva would never hurt a fly." His voice held a sneer. "Perhaps Rose was

u the right, a mere Alpha, to speak while I am speakin

h a bow. I didn't even spare him a glance. All I could think of was R

ain, her expression crushed. I caressed her cheek.

, letting it thunder a

Come fo

. Her eyes flitted to mine, attempting some pa

n to raise your head?" I

rom sweat, streaking grotesquely down her face until she looked more monster than maiden. S

curve... it was the same silhouette I had seen that nig

tly. I wanted nothing mo

am, don't you?

Lord," sh

ed, barely controlling my fury. "And don't

weat continued to pour, and wit

finally confessed, her

pted from

ead in shame, too

eeks, unstoppable. My heart shattered at the sight. I wiped

rned to A

asked coldly. "That day in the woods, I caught a

eyes widened in horror, she

" someone mutter

vi

t deserve t

omething primal in me to watch her suffer in th

If Fred and I hadn't found her in time, she'd be dead now. And even when she woke up, s

selfless. Kind and loyal. And yet none

lpha Craig trie

us that if Rose stays in this Pack, it wi

ned t

to my Pack. Where she will be

s parted, eyes wide, and tear

again, more ge

oice rang out behind me, def