er run from a f

ttle with claws and teeth. This wasn't a rogue

t played out in front of every single important werewo

ed against the grand marble floors of the Summit hall as she s

use

rked, dodging the

teps. Big, fast, and very d

run forever!" Hunter's voice ran

e shouted over

ard someone call out, "Five bucks says he catches her before she reaches the parking lo

fast. Strong. Go back. Let him ca

in her head to her wolf, w

nue-a ridiculously lavish mansion that someone, somewhere,

it was beating out of her chest, her mind racing as i

an?" Luna irrit

t out of here. Pretend th

solid plan. A goo

waist, and just like th

d quite honestly, he didn

eatening bodily harm, but Hunter had years of

Goddess, if you don

asked, hoisting he

You did not just-PUT

ing himself. "Nah, I th

You are a dead man

huckle. "I'll t

few Elders watching in absolute delight as one of the most powerful Alphas in the

. "That's Alpha

ou hear that, Rive

cked his s

ybe I deserved that." But

kwood was nothing if not

he was sputter

iating!"she sc

up

cepta

oba

. ME

ed dramatic

use he was Hunter Blackwood, he spun her around, right before

went absol

rin more mischie

it. "BLACKWOO

aid, grinning down at her. "Peo

t-red, and without hesita

mbled back

he growled, rubb

ack and glaring daggers. "Oh, I'm sorry,

exhaled

y cruel, the mate bond flared again. The crowd sensed it

ng changed, the way her pupils dilated, the wa

ing the same damn thing. That

d for the first time that night, Hunter

enough, neithe

other. The entire

r may have happened, BOOM - The li

h the hall, and the cr

out of it. "W

ste muttered,

tincts sharp

As she opened her eyes, she said, "t

't hesitate

ion. Whatever mate bond drama was hap

ght to win, and Alphas li

ded, a protectiveness cov

to Hunter. I'm quite ca

She'd been fighting off Rogues for a whil

larm continued to wail, a sharp, urgent sound that sent wolves into motion. Warriors s

m, his entire posture shifting from

ne pumping through her veins had nothing to do with Hunter anymor, t

ut of the crowd, his expression tight with concern. "The

ed. "Yep

ty caught anything on

they had, the Elders would have been alerted s

help," Celeste

gue attack on a normal pack was bad enough, but an ambush at the Alpha Su