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13:50mi bed slowly turned around.
13:52Mi padre,
13:53mi padre,
13:53el current Alpha
13:54de la Shadow Fang Pack,
13:55el absoluto ruler
13:56de la oldest,
13:57la letra del werewolf
13:58bloodline
13:59en el norte norteamericano
13:59en el mundo.
14:00En el mundo del werewolf
14:01de la vida,
14:02su nombre solo
14:03made otros Alphas
14:04bow their heads
14:05en submission.
14:06He was 54,
14:07su posture
14:07as straight
14:08as a spear.
14:09I had never
14:10seen him slouch,
14:11pero ahora
14:11his hair
14:12was completely white.
14:13Overnight
14:14he had gone
14:14totally grey.
14:15He walked over
14:16and sat
14:16on the edge
14:17of my bed.
14:18He took
14:18my hand
14:18in his.
14:19His hands
14:19were massive,
14:20calloused,
14:21scarred
14:21from decades
14:22of war.
14:22These hands
14:23had snapped
14:23the necks
14:24of his enemies
14:24and signed
14:25treaties
14:25that dictated
14:26the fates
14:26of millions
14:27of wolves.
14:28Right now
14:28they were shaking.
14:30Selina.
14:30He choked
14:31on my name.
14:31He bowed
14:32his head
14:32in my entire
14:33life.
14:34I had never
14:34seen this man
14:35bow his head.
14:36Not when
14:37facing the
14:37interrogations
14:38of the
14:38Seven Alpha
14:39Council.
14:39Not when
14:40executing
14:41traitors
14:41with his
14:41bare hands.
14:42Not even
14:43when he stood
14:44before my
14:44mother's grave
14:45for an entire
14:45night.
14:46But now
14:47looking at me
14:47he bowed
14:48his head.
14:49She's gone.
14:49Isn't she?
14:52I looked at him
14:53and I knew
14:53the answer.
14:54My father
14:54nodded.
14:56A single
14:57scalding tear
14:58fell from his
14:58face onto the
14:59back of my
14:59hand.
15:00The hemorrhage,
15:02placental
15:02abtruction,
15:03the wolf
15:03bait in her
15:04bloodstream.
15:05She was deprived
15:06of oxygen
15:06for too long.
15:07The doctors
15:08did everything.
15:09The moonlight
15:10essence,
15:10the healing
15:11stones,
15:11the ancient
15:12bloodline
15:12resurrection
15:13rituals.
15:13we couldn't
15:14bring her
15:15back.
15:15The room
15:16fell dead
15:16silent.
15:17The only
15:17sound was
15:18the low
15:18steady hum
15:19of the
15:19medical
15:19crystals.
15:20I closed
15:21my eyes.
15:22That tiny
15:22life that
15:23had lived
15:23inside me
15:24for nine
15:24months.
15:25The pup
15:25that kicked
15:26my ribs.
15:26The pup
15:27that made
15:27me run
15:28to the
15:28bathroom
15:28three times
15:29a night.
15:29The little
15:30wolf who
15:30would instantly
15:31calm down
15:31the second
15:32I rubbed
15:32my belly
15:33and whispered,
15:34Mommy's here,
15:35gone.
15:36Where is
15:36Dominic?
15:37My father
15:38lifted his head
15:38and wiped
15:39his face.
15:40Who?
15:40At the
15:40Blackwood
15:40Pack.
15:41By Vivian's
15:42side.
15:42She gave
15:43birth.
15:43A boy.
15:44Pure
15:45blood alpha
15:45lineage.
15:46The entire
15:47Blackwood
15:47Pack is
15:47throwing a
15:48massive
15:48celebration
15:49for their
15:49new heir.
15:50They held
15:50the moonlight
15:51recognition
15:51ceremony.
15:52The old
15:52alpha hosted
15:53it himself
15:54right before
15:54he died.
15:55Not a
15:55single person
15:56thought of
15:56you.
15:57Not a
15:58single person
15:58asked if
15:59you were
15:59dead or
15:59alive.
16:00I laughed.
16:01My chest
16:02heaved as a
16:02broken hysterical
16:03laugh tore out
16:04of my throat.
16:05The mate
16:05bond was still
16:06pulsing faintly
16:07in my chest.
16:08I could feel
16:09Dominic's
16:09heartbeat.
16:10Steady.
16:11Joyful.
16:12Untroubled.
16:13He was
16:13smiling.
16:14He was
16:15celebrating.
16:15His fated
16:16mate had
16:16nearly bled
16:17to death
16:17in a dungeon
16:18and his
16:19daughter was
16:19a corpse
16:20and he
16:20was celebrating.
16:22Good.
16:23That's good.
16:23My father
16:24tightened his
16:24grip on my
16:25hand.
16:26Selina.
16:27Come home
16:28with me.
16:28Blackwood
16:29Pack doesn't
16:29deserve you.
16:33Dad.
16:34I need you
16:35to do
16:35something for
16:36me.
16:37Anything.
16:38Form a
16:39soul-severing
16:39ritual on
16:40me.
16:41My father
16:41froze.
16:42The soul-severing
16:43ritual.
16:43One of the
16:44darkest, most
16:45ancient forbidden
16:46arts of the
16:46Shadowfang bloodline.
16:47It artificially
16:48severed a
16:49mate bond,
16:49forcing the
16:50other party to
16:51experience the
16:51exact physical
16:52sensation of
16:53their mate
16:53dying.
16:54The stopping
16:54of the heart.
16:55The shredding
16:55of the soul.
16:56The permanent
16:57snapping of
16:57the bond.
16:58To the person
16:59on the receiving
16:59end, it felt
17:00exactly like
17:01their mate had
17:02perished.
17:02You want him
17:03to think you're
17:03dead?
17:04Yes.
17:05The soul-severing
17:06ritual took
17:06place on the
17:07obsidian altar,
17:08deep within the
17:08Shadowfang's
17:09ancestral lands.
17:10Midnight.
17:11A new moon.
17:12Pitch black.
17:13It was the only
17:14time we could
17:15deceive the moon
17:15goddess's gaze.
17:17I lay on the
17:17cold stone,
17:18surrounded by
17:19four of our
17:20oldest priests.
17:21Their chanting
17:21was deep, guttural,
17:23vibrating with the
17:23ancient, lost
17:24tongue of the
17:25first wolves.
17:26My chest
17:26sounded violently.
17:28It was
17:28dominant's
17:29heart beat,
17:29eating inside me,
17:30clear across a
17:31thousand miles.
17:32The high priest
17:33pressed his palm
17:34against my sternum.
17:35The runes flared
17:36blinding white.
17:37And then, an
17:38invisible silver
17:39spike was
17:40viciously ripped
17:40out of my
17:41heart.
17:41The mate bond
17:42is a tether woven
17:43into the soul.
17:44Severing it felt
17:45like two deeply
17:45intertwined trees
17:46going violently
17:47ripped apart
17:48by their roots.
17:49I clamped my
17:49teeth together,
17:50refusing to scream.
17:51In my mind's
17:52eye, I saw
17:53glowing golden
17:53threads.
17:54The physical
17:55manifestation of
17:55our bond
17:56snapping one by
17:57one, turning
17:57into ash.
17:58When the final
17:59thread broke,
18:00my chest went
18:00completely hollow.
18:01A terrifying,
18:02absolute emptiness.
18:04Like someone had
18:05reached into my
18:05ribcage and
18:06carved out my
18:06heart, leaving
18:07nothing but a
18:08open void, the
18:09ritual was
18:10complete.
18:11From this second
18:11onward, in
18:12Dominic's mind
18:13and soul, I
18:14was dead.
18:14Meanwhile, a
18:15thousand miles
18:16away, in the
18:17heart of Blackwood
18:17territory, Dominic
18:19stood proudly at
18:19the main altar,
18:20accepting the
18:21congratulatory toasts
18:22from his pack
18:23members.
18:24Without warning,
18:25it felt as if an
18:26invisible claw had
18:27just plunged into
18:27his chest and
18:28ripped it open.
18:29The bond snapped.
18:30He crashed to
18:31his knees.
18:32His hands
18:32desperately clawed
18:33at his own
18:34chest, his nails
18:35digging so deep
18:36into his own
18:36flesh that blood
18:37poured out over
18:38his shirt.
18:38A primal, guttural
18:40roar of pure agony
18:41exploded from his
18:42throat.
18:43Cassandra shoved
18:44through the panicked
18:45crowd.
18:46Brother!
18:47What's wrong?
18:49Dominic convulsed
18:50on the marble
18:50floor, his claws
18:51scraping sickeningly
18:52against the stone.
18:53Selina, she's dead.
18:56The bond just broke.
18:58She's dead.
18:59Cassandra's face
19:00drained of colour
19:00for a split second,
19:01but only a second.
19:03Brother!
19:03Calm down!
19:04She was always
19:05going to-
19:06Get the fuck
19:06away from me!
19:07Dominic
19:08backhanded her so
19:09hard she went
19:09backward, crashing
19:10violently into the
19:11altar pillars.
19:12He scrambled to
19:13his feet, stumbling
19:14and sprinting wildly
19:15out of the temple.
19:16The dungeon was
19:18empty.
19:18There was nothing
19:19left but a massive
19:20coagulated pool of
19:21blood and a soaked
19:22pile of straw and the
19:23rapidly fading scent
19:24of Selene lingering
19:25in the damp air.
19:26Dominic stood frozen
19:27in the centre of
19:28the blood pool.
19:29He stood there for
19:30a very, very long
19:31time, long enough
19:32for Cassandra to
19:33finally creep into
19:34the room and
19:34gingerly touch his
19:35arm.
19:37Brother!
19:40You locked her
19:41in here?
19:43I just told her
19:44to wait!
19:46Wait for what?
19:48Wait to die?
19:49Those were two
19:50lives!
19:51My mate!
19:52My pup!
19:53Cassandra took
19:54a step back.
19:55But she was
19:55having a girl!
19:56She was useless
19:58to the pack!
19:59The sharp crack of
20:00flesh meeting flesh
20:01echoed through the
20:02dungeon.
20:03Cassandra's head
20:03whipped to the
20:04side, a bright red
20:05handprint instantly
20:06welling up on her
20:07cheek.
20:08She clutched her
20:08face, staring at
20:09Dominic in total
20:10disbelief.
20:11Dominic glared at
20:12her.
20:12If I had been by
20:13her side, she
20:14wouldn't have died!
20:15If you hadn't
20:16taken all the
20:17medical supplies, she
20:18wouldn't have died!
20:20If I hadn't ordered
20:21them to inject her
20:22with wolfsbane,
20:23he couldn't finish
20:24the sentence, because
20:25the subject of that
20:26sentence was
20:27pre-syndrome, from
20:28start to finish, he
20:29made every single
20:30decision.
20:31Cassandra was just
20:32the executioner, the
20:33person who murdered
20:34Selene and their
20:35child as him.
20:35I spent the next few
20:36weeks recovering in
20:37the Shadowfang
20:38estate.
20:38My body healed
20:39agonizingly slowly,
20:40the wolfsbane residue
20:41severely crippled my
20:42cellular regeneration, and
20:44the pack doctor
20:44estimated it would take
20:45three months to
20:46completely purge it
20:47from my system.
20:48But I wasn't in a
20:49hurry, I had all the
20:50time in the world.
20:51My father ate with me
20:52and walked with me
20:53every day, treating me
20:54exactly like he did
20:55when I was a little
20:56girl.
20:56He never brought up
20:57the Blackwoods, but I
20:58knew his intelligence
20:59network never stopped
21:00spinning.
21:02Shadowfang's eyes and
21:03ears were buried in
21:03every major pack in
21:05North America.
21:05That was the
21:06terrifying power of
21:07an ancient bloodline.
21:09Every meeting, every
21:10decision.
21:10Every hushed
21:11conversation the
21:12Blackwoods had was
21:13transcribed and placed
21:14on my desk.
21:15Dominic had brought my
21:16corpse, a flawlessly
21:17forged illusion,
21:18created by the soul
21:19severing ritual back to
21:21the Blackwood Manor.
21:22He didn't place the
21:23casket in the main
21:24hall.
21:24It was shoved into a
21:25side mourning room.
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