ian's

was sc

eel, and the bloodlust that had driven me across the Hilton border. For five brutal years, my wolf

ombat boots practically sinking into th

ind her back. She wore a faded, oversized dress that hung off her delicate collarbones. Her dark eyes were wide, gli

ar apart anyone who brough

lp

rawn and his eyes sweeping the dark room for threats. "We've breached the lower armory, but King Centauri's

ifted to the terrified girl cowering in the corner. His nostrils f

efore Silas could step closer, I moved, placing my massive frame direct

y voice was a low, guttural snarl

stunned. "Sir?

ad just enough to glare at him with glowing a

! We broke their northern wards, we're inside their stronghold!

k a single step toward him, letting the crush

uckling under the sheer pressure of my authority. "No

oldly. "Fallback to the

atchway, shouting orders into his com

arms, to scent her neck until the smell of Hilton was completely wiped from her skin. B

, I was the Northern Monster wh

against every instinct I possessed. I

soft, letting my mate-bond pulse toward her in a gentle,

h, and pulled a heavy iron beam across the entrance to s

ael's

into place above the hatch, se

ning where his gaze had swept over me. The gold scent of mahogany and

rue

t ruthless warrior in the northern territories was my true mate? I was a m

l blast of a war horn echoed

r Pack warriors began a sudden, miraculous withdrawal. Within twent

e broke through my shock. "D

oice trembling as I stro

service passage outside. Before I could move, the i

he harsh, white glare of to

he opening, his dark hair disheveled. Be

ker, landing first on the broken lock, t

alking cornered prey. He stopped a foot away from me,

t with a leather-gloved hand, catching my chin in a tight, bruising grip and forcing my face up. "Bastian h

slits as he leaned down, his nostrils fla

ega?" Vinca hissed, his grip on my jaw tightening u