andr

heavy boots hit the stone with a dull thud, his Alpha aura rolling out

tching the heavy fur over her exposed chemise. "She went insane!

o face me. But the moment his gaze locked onto min

re gone. In their place was a gaze so cold and

f a public avenue with your bridal gown torn to ribbons, veil discarded in the dirt, shamelessly displaying yourself before the common dregs!

ous chuckle esc

ere are your pack's ceremonial colors? You ride in on a warhorse dressed in combat iron, without a single ribbon of celebration, rushing

kers broke out amo

nown Alexandra Atkins, she had barely possessed the courage to speak above

stina came to speak with you like a civilized lady, and you repaid her with savagery!

he dropped right there. She brought armed thugs to ambush my carriage, tear my clothes off, and poison me in broad daylight. You demand I answer for my torn bodi

ation. In the Silvermoon Kingdom, concealing silver aga

lder muttered near the tavern wall. "S

bleeding ground in the court of public opinion, he puffed ou

oughfare could hear. "I have tolerated the burden of your family's decay for long eno

t went de

reath. "I, Cheyenne Mckinney, formally r

e air like an ex

es severed with a sickening, spiritual snap. The raw, violent shockwa

through my nerves, but my p

d. I did not sway. I d

broken sobs. An unshifted human was supposed to be crushed by an Alpha's spiritual severance. But when I met h

I said flatly, a razor-sh

his own breath. "

llable carrying cleanly across the stones. "You think I was desperate to marry into your house? If not for the childho

ne hissed, his fangs leng

brave face, beggar! You know your grandfather won't survive the week without the Mckinney medicine! The

ll settled o

ing forward, his chest puffing out. "Recite the ac

ched m

deliberate step

sudden danger before his brain could rationalize why he was fearing

her, my gaze dropping to the heavy