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00:00I was born with huge breasts, yet I was the Dark Knight Pack's lowest ranking Omega.
00:06When Angelina caught her fiancé staring at me,
00:11she sold me to the Iron Howl Pack's Alpha, a man left half dead by war.
00:17Riker is ruined down there, but maybe he's still useful in other ways.
00:24Months later, I was the one begging for mercy.
00:29Every. Single. Night.
00:35Ruin down there? Not even close.
00:41Alpha Riker Ironhawa was carried back from the Northern Front,
00:45drouched in blood, barely breathing.
00:48The Pack Seer gave her one desperate option, a blood oath.
00:53Find an Omega, use her blood and a Moonlight Vow.
00:56Fuse their fates together to keep his dying soul tethered to this world.
01:01When word reached the Shadow Pack, Angelina jumped at the chance.
01:06She couldn't wait to get rid of me.
01:08I was a ticking time bomb to her.
01:11Say no, and I'll sell you to that old Alpha up north.
01:16He loves breaking worthless Omegas like you.
01:19I knew exactly why she hated me.
01:22She had found out about my past, with Silas, her new fiancé.
01:26I opened my mouth to defend myself, to tell her I wrapped my chest so tight my ribs bruised,
01:32that I bound myself even in the blistering summer heat, but a guard burst through the heavy doors.
01:39Lady Angelina hauled me straight into the Iron Howl estate, in the massive bedroom.
01:54He lay completely still.
01:56Muffled, agonizing coughs broke the silence.
02:00A faint metallic scent of blood lingered in the air.
02:04Lady Grace clutched Angelina's hands, tears streaming down her face.
02:09Thank you for everything, Angelina.
02:12But he's awake now.
02:14We don't need the blood oath anymore.
02:17Lady Grace, the contract must go on.
02:20Why?
02:21Amelia is blessed by the goddess.
02:24Think about it.
02:25The second she agreed, Ryan woke up.
02:27If we finish the bond, your Alpha might fully recover.
02:31Lady Grace cast a hesitant glance at me.
02:34Just then, the pack healer stepped out of the bedroom.
02:38He looked at her, struggling to speak.
02:41My lady, the Alpha.
02:43Spit it out.
02:44There are no outsiders here.
02:46He is awake, but his wolf is shattered.
02:48I fear he will never shift again.
02:50He might not even be able to claim a mate.
02:53Claim a mate.
02:54For an Alpha, being unable to mark meant one thing.
02:58The pack was cut off from the goddess's blessing.
03:02There would be no pure blood air.
03:04The words dropped like a bomb.
03:07Lady Grace's knees buckled.
03:08I quickly reached out and supported her.
03:11She looked at me, her eyes completely broken.
03:14Child, are you still willing to marry my son?
03:18I swear I will never mistreat you.
03:20You can just be a daughter to me.
03:22Angelina answered before I could even breathe.
03:25She will.
03:26She absolutely will!
03:28A wolf-less orphan Omega?
03:30Marrying into the Iron Hall pack is the luckiest day of her miserable life.
03:35I opened my mouth, but no words came out.
03:38I wasn't always a nobody.
03:39My father was Lucian, the Shadow Packs healer.
03:43When he died, I was left with nothing.
03:45The man we'd funded for years.
03:48Silas threw silver over his door and never looked back.
03:52Debt collectors came for me.
03:54Grand Elder Damon bought my papers out of pity and made me a slave.
03:58And Silas, he became Angelina's fiancé.
04:02I pretended I didn't know him.
04:05I kept my head down and served Angelina.
04:08But eventually, she found out.
04:11I stopped fighting my fate.
04:14I stepped forward, lifted my skirt, and dropped to my knees before Lady Grace.
04:19My Lady, I will do it.
04:21I will marry Alpha Ryer and bind myself to the blood oath.
04:25Lady Grace kept her word.
04:27She oversaw every detail of my wedding dress herself.
04:31Angelina specifically picked a day Silas was away to ship me off.
04:35She shoved my debt papers into my hand.
04:38A guilty smirk on her face.
04:39I know Ryder is ruin down there.
04:42But look on the bright side.
04:44You'll never have to suffer through childbirth.
04:46And who knows?
04:48A crippled Alpha might compensate in other ways.
04:51I blocked her out.
04:53To me, I was just swapping one master for another.
04:56The carriage stopped before the moon goddess statue in Iron Hell territory.
05:00The entire pack was gathered.
05:03Alpha Ryer was too weak to stand.
05:05I swore my vows to his heavy broadsword.
05:07The pack oracle dragged a bone laid across my palm.
05:11Squeezed my blood onto an ancient parchment.
05:14Sealed the blood oath.
05:15When I pushed open the heavy oak doors to his bedroom, Ryok was propped up against the headboard.
05:20He wore a dark robe.
05:22His face ghost pale.
05:24Alpha.
05:25He turned his head.
05:27I froze.
05:28He was devastatingly handsome.
05:31A sharp jawline.
05:32Deep set features.
05:34But his eyes.
05:36Deep, amber eyes that stared right through me.
05:39His voice was a low, gravelly rasp.
05:42Amelia, I have no intention of getting a wife.
05:46If you don't mind, we will live as brother and sister.
05:49Tonight's ceremony was my mother's idea.
05:52She's terrified rival packs will sense my condition and attack.
05:57You can take the lounge for tonight.
05:59I'll have a guest room prepared for you tomorrow.
06:01I didn't know what to say.
06:04I finally nodded.
06:06Okay.
06:07Riker looked relieved.
06:09He pulled the heavy blankets up and turned away.
06:12Get some rest.
06:14Soon, his breathing steadished.
06:16I walked to the vanity, pulled off the crown and loosened my hair.
06:19I unbuttoned my wedding dress.
06:21Silk piled at my feet.
06:22I looked at my reflection in the bronze mirror.
06:25Heavy curves.
06:26A waist so tiny it looked like it could snap.
06:29But there were also ugly, bruised welds from years of tight chest binding.
06:33I turned around, reaching for my nightgown.
06:36And I met Riker's eyes.
06:39He wasn't asleep.
06:41Those dark amber eyes were open, locked dead onto me.
06:45The fireplace cast flickering shadows over his face.
06:48He was completely flushed.
06:50His Adam's jankle bobbing hard.
06:52I snatched my dress off the floor, clutching it tightly against my chest.
06:57My voice trembled.
06:59You were supposed to be asleep!
07:02Silence.
07:03A long, heavy silence.
07:06When he finally spoke, his voice was an entire octave deeper.
07:10Rougher.
07:11Like he was suppressing a dark growl.
07:16I can sleep later.
07:19The heavy blanket slipped off his chest.
07:21He planted his feet firmly on the floor and stood up without a single stumble.
07:26He was bare-chested.
07:28I stopped breathing.
07:30His torso was a roadmap of pure violence.
07:33A massive, jagged claw mark ripped diagonally across his chest.
07:38Round, dark arrow scar littered his abdomen.
07:41Every mark was a brutal testament to his legendary past.
07:45He took a step toward me.
07:48His massive shadow swallowed me whole.
07:51My legs trembled.
07:53Every instinct in my body screamed at me to run.
07:56I remembered the older omegas whispering about alphas.
07:59Right now, all those dirty whispers flooded my mind.
08:03Riker stood right in front of me, looking down.
08:06His gaze dragged from my face, down my neck,
08:08to the dress clutched against my chest,
08:11then slowly back up to my eyes.
08:13There was no disgust, no pity,
08:15only a dark, burning emotion I couldn't understand.
08:19Then, he turned on his heel,
08:22walked straight out the door.
08:24I stood there,
08:26my heart pounding out of my chest.
08:28I looked down at my bruised, bound ribs.
08:32I wanted to disappear.
08:34I walked back to the mirror,
08:37tracing the ugly purple indepts with my trembling fingers.
08:41I thought,
08:42tomorrow,
08:43I'll pull the bindings even tighter.
08:46I lay down on the Shea Lounge,
08:48pulling a thin blanket over myself,
08:49and closed my eyes.
08:51As I was half asleep,
08:52the door creaked open.
08:54Ryder was back.
08:56His hair was dripping wet.
08:57I felt him stand over the lounge,
09:00watching me for a long time.
09:03Then, a soft, ragged sigh,
09:06like wind rustling dead leaves.
09:08He got back into bed and didn't make another sound.
09:11The next morning,
09:12I woke up early.
09:14Ryder was already gone.
09:15I sat at the vanity,
09:17brushing my hair.
09:18Outside in the hallway,
09:19I heard an older servant's whispering,
09:21Alpha,
09:22if you needed to bathe,
09:24why didn't you ask for hot water?
09:27An ice-cold shower in your condition?
09:30Please, Alpha,
09:31you must take care of your body.
09:34My brush stopped midair.
09:36A cold shower?
09:38On his wedding night?
09:40I shook my head.
09:42Impossible.
09:44He was practically a corpse.
09:46I picked up the long strip of binding cloth,
09:50wrapped it around my chest,
09:53pulling it much tighter than yesterday.
09:56For my first month at the Iron Howell estate,
09:58Ryder completely avoided me.
10:00Every morning,
10:01I checked in with Lady Grace.
10:03Then,
10:04I headed straight to the kitchens
10:06to brew his healing medicine.
10:08It was one of the few ways
10:10I could make myself useful.
10:12My late father was the Shadow Packs healer.
10:15She had asked on my third day,
10:17her eyes holding desperate hope.
10:20I hear you know your way around herbal remedies.
10:23Ryder isn't healing.
10:25We've cycled through three pack heapers
10:27with zero results.
10:29If you are willing.
10:32I am.
10:35I brewed his remedies every day
10:38using herbs I'd learned from my father.
10:41I delivered the very first bowl myself.
10:43I carried the wooden tray
10:46into his bedroom.
10:47He was leaning against the window,
10:50reading.
10:51The afternoon sun caught the edges
10:53of his brown hair,
10:54turning it to spun gold.
10:57The heavy door clicked.
10:59He looked up.
11:00The second our eyes locked,
11:02his pupils constricted,
11:03I whispered,
11:04using his formal title,
11:06Alpha,
11:07I brought your medicine.
11:09Ryden's gaze lingered on my face
11:11for a fraction of a second.
11:13Then it dropped to the steaming bowl.
11:15He said flatly,
11:17his voice completely attached,
11:19pure ice.
11:20Leave this to the servants from now on.
11:23I don't mind doing it.
11:25It's not the same.
11:26Have a maid bring it.
11:27He took the tray from my hands,
11:29downing the scalding brew
11:31in three massive gulps.
11:32Then he turned his back to me
11:34and went straight back to his book.
11:36I stood frozen by the door.
11:38The message was clear.
11:40He couldn't stand the sight of me.
11:42After that day,
11:44I handed the bowl to a maid.
11:46I never stepped foot
11:48in his bedroom again.
11:49A month passed.
11:51One morning,
11:52she grabbed my hands.
11:53Amelia,
11:54guess what?
11:55The pack healer
11:57just checked Riger's vitals.
11:58He said his body
12:00is actually repairing itself.
12:02He even asked
12:02if I hired a new physician.
12:05Child,
12:06this is all you're doing.
12:08I'm just doing my job, my lady.
12:10No.
12:11You did the impossible.
12:14Three pack healers
12:15and gallons of expensive tonnets
12:16did absolutely nothing.
12:18Your medicine saved him.
12:20She slipped an ancient,
12:21heavy silver bracelet
12:22off her wrist.
12:23It bore the iron howl crown.
12:26She pressed it into my palm.
12:29Riger's grandmother
12:30gave this to me.
12:31Now,
12:32it belongs to you.
12:34I couldn't refuse her.
12:37Back in my room,
12:38I locked the bracelet
12:39in a small wooden chest.
12:41It sat next to several
12:42other pieces Lady Grace
12:43had given me,
12:44several pieces of jewelry.
12:46Every single piece
12:48was worth a fortune.
12:49My maid watched me,
12:51stashed them away,
12:52totally confused.
12:54My lady,
12:55why don't you ever wear them?
12:56Lady Grace picked them out
12:58just for you.
12:59Because one day,
13:01I can pawn these for silver.
13:04You want to sell them?
13:05Not today.
13:07But if the day comes,
13:09when I finally have to
13:10leave this place,
13:12this is my escape fund.
13:13A deep voice echoed.
13:15Leave?
13:16I whipped around.
13:17Ryder was standing
13:18dead center in the doorway,
13:20looking even paler than usual.
13:22His amber eyes,
13:23absolute ice.
13:24Alpha,
13:24do you need something?
13:26His gaze dropped from my face
13:28to the treasure box
13:29in my hands.
13:30Then he looked away.
13:32His voice was dangerously calm.
13:34I left some old belongings
13:35in this room.
13:36I came to get them.
13:38I can help you look, Alpha.
13:40What is it?
13:42A journal.
13:43Okay.
13:44Do you remember
13:45where you left it?
13:47No.
13:47I immediately started
13:49searching the cabinets.
13:50I spotted a worn leather journal
13:53pushed to the very back
13:54of the top shelf.
13:55I got up on my tiptoes
13:57to reach it.
13:58Just as my fingers
14:00brushed brush the spine.
14:01A massive hand
14:03covered mine.
14:04Ryder's bare skin
14:05scraped my knuckles.
14:07A violent jolt of electricity
14:09shot straight up my arm.
14:11I looked up.
14:13It was the closest
14:15I had ever been
14:16to his face.
14:17Up close,
14:18his dark eyes
14:19were mesmerizing.
14:23A razor-thin ring
14:24of gold
14:25circled his pupils.
14:26It was the deniable
14:28mark of Alpha blood.
14:29Even broken,
14:30even allegedly wolf-less,
14:32that gold ring
14:33still burned fiercely,
14:34like a glowing ember
14:36refusing to die.
14:38My heart slammed
14:40against my ribs.
14:41Your journal, Alpha.
14:43I yanked my hand back,
14:45spinning around
14:46to step away,
14:47but the edge
14:48of the thick rug
14:49caught my heel.
14:50I pitched backward
14:52into empty space.
14:54Ryder caught me instantly.
14:57My back slammed flush
14:59against his hard chest.
15:00Even through my
15:02suffocating chest binding,
15:03I felt the raw heat
15:05radiating off his body.
15:06His heartbeat
15:07mammered against my spine,
15:09fast, wild.
15:11I pulled away.
15:13I...
15:13I need to go.
15:15I fled.
15:16I'm an idiot.
15:17He couldn't even
15:18stand the sight of me,
15:19and I just threw myself
15:21right into his arms.
15:22Now he was going
15:23to absolutely loathe me.
15:25Half a month went by,
15:26and a new nightmare started.
15:29Someone was leaving me notes.
15:31The first one was slipped
15:32under my fate chopping knife
15:33in the kitchen.
15:34A neatly folded piece
15:36of parchment.
15:37Just one line.
15:38Meet me at the west gate.
15:40No signature,
15:41but I knew that handwriting.
15:43Simus.
15:44I crumpled it into a ball
15:46and tossed it straight
15:47into the roaring fireplace.
15:49The second note
15:50was slid under
15:50my bedroom door.
15:51This one was a lot bolder.
15:53I know you're suffering.
15:55A wolfless Omega
15:56is nothing in the
15:57iron howl pack.
15:58Riker won't even
15:59look at you, would he?
16:00I can give you a real life.
16:04I ripped the parchment
16:05to shreds
16:06and threw it in the trash.
16:08The third time,
16:09my maid shoved a note
16:10into my hand.
16:11She looked absolutely terrified.
16:15My lady,
16:16it's not just a note
16:17this time.
16:18There's a man
16:19at the west gate.
16:20He says he's not leaving
16:22until you show up.
16:23My knuckles turned
16:24bone white
16:24as I crushed the paper.
16:26I stormed out
16:27of my room,
16:28strode down
16:29the heavy stone corridor
16:30and yanked open
16:32the west gate.
16:33A man was standing
16:34just outside.
16:35He murmured,
16:36pulling back
16:36his dark hood.
16:37His face was handsome
16:39but completely soulless.
16:41Amelia,
16:41you finally came.
16:43My voice was
16:44absolute zero.
16:45Silas,
16:46you will address me
16:47as Lady Ironhow.
16:48He froze.
16:50Lady Ironhow,
16:52do you have any idea
16:53what happens
16:54if Alpha's mate
16:54is caught sneaking out
16:55to meet another man?
16:56I'm getting promoted.
16:58Eastern territory.
16:59Come with me.
17:01It's better than
17:02rotting here
17:03with a crippled Alpha.
17:04I took a sharp step back,
17:06staring at him
17:06with pure disgust.
17:08You want me
17:08to be your mistress?
17:09Simus nodded,
17:11totally serious.
17:13Why the hell
17:14would I throw away
17:14my title as the Alpha's wife
17:16just to be your
17:17dirty little secret?
17:19Everyone in the north
17:21knows Riker Ironhowl
17:22has one foot in the grave
17:24he's dying.
17:26He can't even claim a mate
17:27and he can never give you
17:29what you actually need.
17:31His eyes dropped to my chest,
17:33even buried under layers
17:34of thick cobblic
17:35and suffocating binding.
17:37His gaze felt like a violation
17:38I could feel
17:39through every layer of cloth.
17:41A beautiful thing like you,
17:42it's a tragic waste.
17:44I know exactly
17:45what game you're playing,
17:46Simus.
17:47You owe me your life.
17:48Did you forget?
17:49My father kept you
17:50from starving
17:51for three years.
17:52When they shattered
17:53your leg in the fighting pits,
17:54I was the one
17:55banding your bones.
17:56But the one time
17:57I actually needed you,
17:58what did you do?
17:59You stood behind
18:00a locked door.
18:02You told me
18:03you were engaged
18:04to the Grand Elder's
18:05spoiled brat.
18:06And you threw
18:07a bag of silver
18:07over the wall.
18:08I never spent
18:09a single comper
18:10of that silver.
18:12It's buried
18:13under the old oak tree
18:14outside the shadow
18:15pack borders.
18:16If you want it back,
18:18go dig it up yourself.
18:21Just give me some time.
18:22I'll talk to Angelina.
18:23I'll convince her
18:24to let you...
18:25Let me what?
18:27Be your pathetic
18:28little side piece?
18:30Listen to me
18:30very carefully,
18:31Silas.
18:32I will never be
18:33any man's whore.
18:35Never set foot
18:36near this gate again.
18:37My husband is the
18:38Alpha of the
18:39Iron Howl Pack.
18:41The most dangerous
18:42territory in the North.
18:45If he finds out
18:46you've been stalking
18:47his wife,
18:49do you honestly
18:50think you'll live
18:51to see that promotion?
18:52You'd really choose
18:53a crippled freak
18:54over me?
18:55I glared at him,
18:56years of suppressed
18:57rage finally boiling over.
18:59My husband bled
19:00to protect this pack.
19:02His scars
19:03are his honor.
19:04As a wolf,
19:05you call yourself
19:05a warrior?
19:06A man sworn
19:07to defend?
19:08You have zero right
19:09to talk behind his back.
19:11In my eyes,
19:12he is a true Alpha.
19:13Unlike you.
19:14You might have
19:15a working body,
19:16Silas,
19:17but your soul
19:18is rottened.
19:19I slammed the heavy
19:20door right in his face.
19:22I spun around
19:22to walk away,
19:23except it wasn't a wall.
19:24It was a man.
19:27Ryder was standing
19:27barely half a step
19:28behind me.
19:29I had no idea
19:31how long he had
19:31been standing there.
19:33Alpha.
19:34He looked down
19:35at me.
19:37You were just
19:37calling me your
19:38husband out there.
19:39Why so formal now?
19:44My heart skipped
19:45a violent beat.
19:48Alpha,
19:49please don't
19:49misunderstand.
19:50As long as I am
19:52in the Iron Howl pack,
19:53I know my place.
19:54I will never
19:55betray you.
19:59It's getting late.
20:01I need to brew
20:02your evening remedy.
20:02I tried to slip past him.
20:04As I brushed by,
20:05Ryken's hand
20:05shat out.
20:06His long fingers
20:07wrapping around my arm.
20:09I lost my balance
20:10and tumbled
20:10straight into his chest.
20:12I threw my head back,
20:13crashing right into
20:14Ryder's deep,
20:15smoldering gaze.
20:16We were inches apart.
20:17If either of us
20:18leaned in,
20:19our lips would touch.
20:21My cheeks
20:21burned like fire.
20:23I could feel
20:24his chest
20:24rising and falling,
20:25hard,
20:26irregular.
20:27What do you mean
20:28as long as I am
20:29in the Iron Howl pack?
20:32Are you counting
20:33down the days
20:34until you can leave?
20:35I couldn't exactly say
20:37I'm leaving
20:38the second you die.
20:39No,
20:40I didn't mean that.
20:43Alpha,
20:43you're hurting my arm.
20:46Everything you said
20:47to him out there,
20:49did you mean it?
20:51Which part?
20:52He released my arm
20:53and took half a step back,
20:54like a terrified rabbit,
20:56I bolted.
20:57I saw his face,
20:59completely flushed.
21:03That night,
21:04I had a wildly
21:06inappropriate dream.
21:07In it,
21:08Ryuk's lips brushed
21:08against my cheek.
21:10His finger hooked
21:10onto the delicate lace
21:11of my nightgown.
21:12He whispered
21:13a dark,
21:14seductive purr.
21:16My lady,
21:17do you want this?
21:19In the dream,
21:20I nodded.
21:21Then his mouth
21:22crashed down on mine.
21:24It was fierce,
21:25intoxicating,
21:26driven by a deep
21:27feral hunger.
21:28His tongue forced
21:29my mouth open,
21:31claiming every inch
21:32of me like a
21:32conquered territory.
21:36I jolted awake,
21:38my pulse racing.
21:39My heart was threatening
21:40to rip through my chest.
21:41My clothes were soaked
21:43in sweat,
21:43clinging to my skin.
21:45Deep in my core,
21:46a strange,
21:46humiliating heat
21:47throbbed relentlessly.
21:49My maid heard the rustling
21:50and pushed the door open.
21:53My lady,
21:54are you alright?
21:56Bring me a sounded
21:57terrifying of cold rusky.
21:59She brought the water,
22:01staring at my damp hair
22:02and flushed cheeks.
22:04It really is getting
22:05too hot for this time of year.
22:06I splashed the freezing water
22:08onto my face.
22:10The brutal cold
22:12shocked me back to reality.
22:13On our wedding night,
22:16Ryder took a cold shower.
22:18Was he also?
22:20I shook my head violently.
22:22No.
22:23It was impossible.
22:25He was practically
22:26broken in half.
22:28Right around noon,
22:29Lady Grace's maid
22:30delivered a message.
22:32My lady,
22:33the matriarch is hosting
22:34dinner in the gardens tonight.
22:35She insists you attend.
22:38I had been claiming
22:39I was ill to avoid
22:40the main dining hall
22:41for days.
22:42I was terrified
22:44of running into Ryder again.
22:47Terrified of staring
22:48into those amber eyes
22:49that made my pulse race.
22:51But when Lady Grace
22:52personally asked,
22:54I couldn't say no.
22:56At twilight,
22:57I walked down
22:57into the estate gardens.
22:59The garden was small
23:00but elegant,
23:01dominated by a towering
23:03pomegranate tree
23:04in full bloom.
23:06Crimson petals
23:07drifted onto the stone table.
23:09The table was laden
23:10with all my favorite dishes.
23:12All my favorite.
23:14Lady Grace sat
23:15at the head of the table,
23:16beaming at me.
23:18She smiled warmly.
23:20Come, sit.
23:22Ryder had the kitchens
23:23prepare this just for you.
23:25I froze.
23:27My eyes darted
23:28across the table.
23:30Ryder was sitting
23:30right across from me.
23:32He wore a heavy,
23:33dark brown coat
23:34that made his sharp features
23:35look even more lethal
23:36in the twilight.
23:37He was staring down,
23:39quietly adjusting
23:40his silverware.
23:42He must have felt my gaze.
23:44He slowly lifted his eyes.
23:47The exact second
23:48our eyes locked,
23:49my face caught fire
23:51all over again.
23:52I quickly snapped
23:54my gaze down to my plate.
23:55Subtly,
23:56Lady Grace lit a small platter
23:58of chestnut cakes
23:59toward me.
24:00Ryder specifically sent
24:01a Ryder down
24:02to the southern markets
24:03for these.
24:05He told me
24:06they were your favorite.
24:07I slowly raised my eyes
24:09to look at him.
24:10He didn't meet my gaze.
24:13I saw your birth date
24:14on our marriage contract.
24:17My heart gave
24:18a sudden,
24:19soft flutter.
24:20Nobody had ever
24:21remembered my birthday.
24:23Back in the shadow,
24:24pal,
24:25birthdays were only
24:26celebrated for wolves
24:27with actual power.
24:29A wolf-less,
24:31defect omega
24:31wasn't worth the memory.
24:33Lady Grace
24:34picked up a heavy
24:35clay jug
24:36and poured me
24:37a glass of rich
24:38amber liquid.
24:39I've been saving
24:40this wine for years.
24:42I opened it tonight
24:43just for the two of you.
24:45But don't drink
24:46too much now.
24:48She stood up,
24:49claiming the night air
24:51was getting too chilly
24:51for her old bones
24:52and left us
24:53completely alone.
24:55The second Lady Grace
24:56vanished,
24:57a heavy silence
24:58fell over the garden.
25:00It was so quiet
25:01I could hear
25:02my own heartbeat
25:03pounding.
25:03To break the tension,
25:05I grabbed my cup.
25:06I chugged down
25:08the amber wine.
25:09It tasted dangerily sweet,
25:12smooth on the way down,
25:14but it kicked
25:15like a mule.
25:16By my fourth glass,
25:17the world was starting
25:18to spin.
25:19I reached blindly
25:21for the empty platter
25:22in front of me.
25:23I tilted my head,
25:25peering at Rired
25:25through a blurry haze.
25:28Where is the last
25:29chestnut cake?
25:31Riker's lips
25:32trickled slightly.
25:34He said softly,
25:35I ate it.
25:37I don't know
25:38where I found the nerve.
25:39I planted my hands
25:40on the stone table
25:41and pushed myself up.
25:43I stumbled around
25:44the edge,
25:44leaning right into
25:45his face.
25:47I mumbled,
25:48Who said you could
25:49eat it?
25:50Spit it out
25:51right now.
25:53Riker just stared
25:54up at me.
25:55A dark fire flared
25:56in his amber eyes.
25:58He parted his lips
25:59slightly.
26:01Come find it yourself.
26:03I squinted
26:04at his mouth.
26:05You're never going
26:06to find it looking
26:07like that.
26:08Then how?
26:10Try using your mouth.
26:11My eyes slowly
26:13drifted down
26:13to his lips.
26:14They were sharp,
26:15lethal.
26:16But right now,
26:17slicked with sweet wine,
26:19they looked
26:19devastatingly soft
26:20and gleaming
26:21with moisture.
26:23I swallowed
26:24hard and without
26:24thinking,
26:25I crashed my lips
26:26onto his.
26:27The absolute
26:28second we touched,
26:30Ryder's entire body
26:31went steric as stone,
26:32but only for a split
26:34second.
26:34The next moment,
26:35his massive hand
26:37locked around
26:37the back of my head,
26:38my brain
26:39completely short-sucked.
26:41All I could feel
26:42was his mouth,
26:43his tongue,
26:44his ragged breathing,
26:45and the electric
26:46shock of his fingers
26:48threading deeply
26:48into my hair.
26:50We didn't rip apart
26:51until footsteps
26:52crunched on the gravel
26:53behind the flowerbeds.
26:55I jerked back.
26:56In the next instant,
26:57the world spun violently
26:58and the sky flipped
26:59upside down.
27:00My vision went pitch black.
27:02I collapsed.
27:03The splitting headache
27:04woke me up.
27:06I forced my eyes open,
27:08squinting at an
27:10unfamiliar ceiling.
27:13This was the Alpha's
27:14bedroom.
27:16What the hell
27:17am I doing here?
27:21My lady,
27:22you got completely
27:23drunk last night.
27:24Alpha Ryder
27:25carried you back.
27:28Did I
27:29say anything stupid?
27:32Absolutely.
27:33He tried to lay you down,
27:35but you grabbed his sleeve
27:36and refused to let go.
27:37You kept calling him
27:38husband over
27:40and over a day.
27:41His entire face
27:42turned bright red.
27:45Get out!
27:47She giggled
27:48and bolted
27:49from the room.
27:51I lay there
27:52for a long time,
27:53totally paralyzed,
27:55until someone
27:55knocked.
27:57My lady,
27:58the matriarch's
27:59waiting at the gates.
28:00We're heading to the
28:01sacred peak
28:01for the blessing.
28:02I scrambled out
28:02of bed,
28:03splashed some water
28:04on my face,
28:05and practically ran
28:06out of the castle.
28:09Lady Grace was already
28:10sitting in the carriage.
28:11No rush, dear.
28:14Take your time.
28:16The carriage rolled
28:18out of Ironhal territory,
28:19following a dirt road
28:20up toward the sacred peak.
28:22The mountain was
28:23holy ground
28:23for northern wolves.
28:25Legend said
28:25the wolf god himself
28:26left his mark there.
28:28The coronation ceremony
28:29for each generation
28:30of Alpha
28:30takes place there.
28:32Halfway up the trail,
28:33my mind was still
28:34consumed by what
28:35happened last night.
28:36I kissed Rigan,
28:37and then I
28:38completely passed out.
28:39I had absolutely
28:40no idea
28:41what happened next.
28:43Amelia,
28:44is there someone
28:45else in your heart?
28:47You've been
28:48dodging Riken
28:49for weeks.
28:50If you want
28:51out of this marriage,
28:52just say the word.
28:53You're young.
28:54You shouldn't
28:55waste your entire
28:56life tied to a...
28:57No!
28:58It's not that at all!
28:59Then what is it?
29:00Before I could answer,
29:01the entire carriage
29:03lopperged violently.
29:05The wooden wheels
29:06suddenly spun
29:07out of control.
29:08The driver was gone.
29:11Amelia!
29:12I realized
29:12there was a cliff
29:13right ahead.
29:14Lady Grace!
29:15Hold on to me tight!
29:16We have to jump!
29:17Jump?
29:18We'll break our bones!
29:20There's a cliff
29:21right there!
29:21If we don't jump
29:22right now,
29:23we're dead!
29:26We tumbled violently
29:27over the jagged
29:28cliffside.
29:29My left arm
29:29was locked dead
29:30around Lady Grace.
29:32We were dangling
29:33in midair,
29:34with nothing
29:35but a massive
29:35bottomless gorge
29:36beneath our feet.
29:37Hold on!
29:38The guards
29:39will find us!
29:40Let me go,
29:41Amelia.
29:42The branch
29:43can't hold
29:43both of us.
29:45I've lived
29:46a long life.
29:47Yours is just
29:48starting.
29:49I won't let go.
29:51You are the
29:52first person
29:53to actually
29:54treat me
29:54like a Hugh
29:54being in this
29:55hellhole.
29:56You are my
29:57family now,
29:57and I don't
29:58abandon my family.
29:59The branch
30:00gave way
30:01a few more inches.
30:02My fingers
30:03were slipping.
30:04Inch
30:04by excruciating
30:06inch,
30:06my nails
30:07drug into
30:08the rough bark,
30:09drawing blood.
30:10Pure despair
30:11washed over me.
30:12Then,
30:13a voice
30:13tore through
30:14the air.
30:15Amelia!
30:15Riker has found
30:17us.
30:18He didn't
30:18hesitate at all.
30:20Ryder!
30:21Mid-air,
30:21his body
30:22began to
30:22violently shift.
30:24Coarse,
30:24gray fur
30:25erupted.
30:26Fingers
30:27elongated
30:28into lethal
30:28claws.
30:29He was a
30:30monstrous,
30:31silver-gray
30:32beast.
30:33His massive
30:33claws gouged
30:34into the
30:35solid cliff face.
30:36Stone shattered.
30:37His powerful
30:38hind legs
30:39kicked off
30:39the wall.
30:40He lunched
30:40outward,
30:41wrapping one
30:42massive front arm
30:42around me
30:43and Lady Grace.
30:44I was pinned
30:45flush against
30:46his chest.
30:47I felt his
30:48heartbeat,
30:49up on the
30:49ridge.
30:50Iron Howl
30:51guards finally
30:52arrived.
30:53Thick ropes
30:53dropped down
30:54the cliffside.
30:55Riker caught
30:56the lines
30:56in his baths.
30:57He secured
30:58the loops
30:59around us.
31:00The guards
31:00started hauling
31:01us up.
31:03The second
31:04I cleared
31:05the ledge,
31:05I looked
31:06down.
31:07Raiden was
31:08still clinging
31:09to the sheer
31:09rock.
31:10Those burning
31:11golden eyes
31:12locked entirely
31:12on me.
31:13Then,
31:14they hauled
31:15him up too.
31:16The moment
31:16his paws
31:17hit the dirt,
31:18he shifted
31:19back.
31:20He was
31:21half naked,
31:22his torso
31:23covered in
31:24fresh wounds,
31:25but he seemed
31:27to feel
31:27absolutely
31:28nothing.
31:29You're bleeding.
31:33I'm fine,
31:35Lady Grace.
31:36She's alive.
31:38You threw
31:39yourself out
31:40of a moving
31:40carriage.
31:42You hung
31:43onto that
31:43branch.
31:44He abruptly
31:45cut himself
31:45off.
31:46Something was
31:47glistering in
31:48those golden
31:48eyes.
31:50It wasn't
31:51alpha fire.
31:52It was
31:53tears.
31:55Riker.
31:56He didn't
31:57answer.
31:58He just
31:58lowered his
31:59head and
31:59rested his
32:00forehead against
32:01my uninjured
32:01shoulder.
32:02His massive
32:03arms wrapped
32:04around me,
32:05pulling me
32:06flush against
32:06his bare
32:07chest.
32:07I'm okay.
32:09You caught
32:09me.
32:10All around
32:11us the
32:11iron how
32:11all guards
32:12silently turned
32:13their backs
32:14and looked out
32:14over the
32:15vast distance.
32:16Only Lady
32:17Grace stayed.
32:18She watched
32:18us from the
32:19dirt, a
32:19soft, tearful
32:21smile spreading
32:22across her
32:23face.
32:23I was bedridden
32:24for an entire
32:25month.
32:26My dislocated
32:27shoulder took a
32:28month to heal,
32:30agonizingly slow
32:31for a wolfless
32:32omega.
32:32For that entire
32:33month, I didn't
32:34see Riker
32:35once.
32:36Lady Grace
32:36had locked
32:37herself away,
32:38still shaken
32:39by the fall.
32:40The entire
32:40estate felt
32:41suffocatingly
32:42tense.
32:43Every guard
32:44wore a grim,
32:45solemn expression.
32:46A heavy,
32:47suffocating
32:47pressure hung
32:48in the air,
32:49like the calm
32:50right before a
32:51brutal storm.
32:53Thirty days
32:53later, I could
32:54finally walk
32:55on my own.
32:56I pushed
32:57my door open.
32:59The stone
33:00corridor was
33:00completely empty.
33:01I walked
33:02towards the
33:03stairs.
33:04When I passed
33:05Riker's
33:05scudel, the
33:06door was shut
33:07tight.
33:08I hesitated
33:09for a second,
33:10but I didn't
33:10knock.
33:11I made it to
33:11the front
33:12entrance and
33:13pushed open
33:13the heavy oak
33:14doors.
33:16Ryder was
33:16standing at the
33:17bottom of the
33:17grand steps,
33:20standing
33:20completely,
33:21his face
33:22hidden in the
33:23shadows.
33:24He walked
33:24up and handed
33:25me a small
33:26wooden lock
33:26box.
33:27I took it,
33:28popped the
33:29lash.
33:30Inside was
33:31a land deed,
33:32the ownership
33:33papers for a
33:34small estate and
33:35a signed mate
33:36nullification contract.
33:38My entire body
33:39went ragged.
33:40You're kicking
33:41me out?
33:41When Ryuk
33:42looked at me,
33:43his eyes were
33:44absolute ice,
33:45but beneath that
33:46frozen surface,
33:47I saw something
33:48else, pure agony.
33:50His voice was like
33:51a frozen lake.
33:53I know you've been
33:54waiting for this.
33:56You've been
33:57dodging me,
33:58hiding from me.
33:59You wanted
34:00nothing to do
34:00with this pack.
34:02You hoarded
34:03every piece of
34:04jewelry my mother
34:05gave you,
34:05just waiting for
34:06the day you
34:06could pawn
34:07them to escape.
34:09Isn't this
34:09exactly what you
34:10wanted?
34:13My lips
34:14parted,
34:14but no sound
34:15came out.
34:16He turned
34:17around,
34:18showing me his
34:18back.
34:25My voice
34:26was so light,
34:27a single breeze
34:28could scatter it.
34:29So that's what
34:30the great alpha
34:30thinks of me.
34:31He didn't
34:32turn back around.
34:33Leave now.
34:34I never want
34:35to see your face
34:36again.
34:37The estate
34:38guards marched
34:39me straight out
34:40the gates.
34:41My maid
34:42trailed behind
34:43me, clutching
34:44a small bag.
34:45Her eyes
34:46were red
34:46and swollen.
34:48She sniffed.
34:49The alpha
34:50ordered me
34:51to go with
34:51you.
34:54He said
34:55you were
34:55used to me.
34:56I didn't
34:56say a single
34:57word.
34:58We boarded
34:58the carriage
34:59and drove
35:00straight out
35:00of Iron
35:01Howl
35:01territory.
35:02We stopped
35:03at a small
35:04border town.
35:05I pawned
35:06one of the
35:06silver bracelets
35:07from the
35:07lockbox,
35:08rented a
35:09small cottage
35:09and settled
35:10in.
35:11The very
35:12next morning,
35:13a new
35:13official notice
35:14was nailed
35:15to the
35:15town square.
35:18I stood
35:19frozen in
35:19front of
35:20the wooden
35:20board,
35:21staring at
35:22the parchment
35:22bearing the
35:23seal of
35:24King Alpha.
35:25The notice
35:25read clearly,
35:26Alpha Riger
35:27Ironhowo is
35:28charged with
35:29treason,
35:30accused of
35:30colonning with
35:31the southern
35:31packs,
35:32leaking northern
35:33defense maps
35:33and causing
35:34the entire
35:35northern border
35:36to collapse.
35:37The Alpha
35:37King had
35:38officially
35:38ordered his
35:39arrest.
35:40Riker was
35:40already locked
35:41in the royal
35:42dungeons,
35:42awaiting
35:43judgment.
35:44The entire
35:44Ironhowo estate
35:45was placed on
35:46full lockdown,
35:47no one in,
35:48no one out,
35:49pending a royal
35:50investigation.
35:51I stood in
35:52front of that
35:52board as my
35:53blood turned
35:53to absolute
35:54kice,
35:55collusion,
35:56treason,
35:57the royal
35:58dungeons.
35:59I thought
36:00back to those
36:00burning golden
36:01eyes on the
36:02cliff.
36:02Those weren't
36:03the eyes of
36:04a traitor.
36:05Those were
36:06the eyes of
36:06a man who
36:07would die
36:07to protect
36:08his pack.
36:09He didn't
36:10kick me out
36:10because he
36:10hated me.
36:11He kicked
36:12me out because
36:13he knew this
36:13was coming.
36:14My hands
36:15balled into
36:16tight fists.
36:17My nails
36:18dug violently
36:18into my
36:19palms.
36:20My maid
36:21timidly asked
36:21behind me,
36:22My lady,
36:24is there
36:24anything we
36:25can do?
36:26I closed
36:27my eyes and
36:28took a deep,
36:29shaky breath.
36:30My mind
36:31drifted back
36:31to my father,
36:32Lucien,
36:33the Shadow
36:34Pack's
36:34healer.
36:35He was an
36:35ordinary wolf
36:36with absolutely
36:37zero combat
36:38skills,
36:38but the entire
36:39pack deeply
36:40respected him
36:41because he
36:42pulled countless
36:42warriors back
36:43from the brink
36:44of death.
36:44He used to
36:45tell me the
36:45exact same
36:46thing,
36:47over and
36:47over.
36:48Power isn't
36:49just fangs
36:49and claws,
36:50Amelia.
36:51Knowledge,
36:52strategy,
36:53connections.
36:54That is true
36:55power.
36:56A smart
36:56omega can
36:57use those
36:57to move
36:58the entire
36:58world.
36:59I snapped
37:00my eyes
37:01open.
37:01I know
37:02exactly what
37:03to do.
37:04It took me
37:05three brutal
37:06days to track
37:07that person
37:08down.
37:08Lord Clement
37:09Greystone,
37:10the royal
37:10beta of
37:11the king's
37:12pack.
37:12Twenty
37:13years ago,
37:14he was
37:14gutted in
37:15a war
37:15against the
37:15shadow
37:16flick pack.
37:17He contracted
37:17a lethal
37:18blood infection.
37:19My father
37:20saved his
37:20life with
37:21a rare
37:21herbal remedy.
37:23Lord Greystone
37:24met me in
37:25his private
37:25study.
37:26His voice
37:27was a deep
37:27gravelly
37:28baron tone.
37:29You say
37:29you're Lucian's
37:30daughter?
37:31Yes,
37:32my lord.
37:33I lowered
37:33my head,
37:34the instinctive
37:35sign of
37:36respect from
37:36an omega to
37:37a high-ranking
37:38wolf.
37:38He studied
37:39my face.
37:40You look
37:41exactly like
37:42him,
37:43especially
37:43the eyes.
37:45My lord,
37:46I know this
37:46is an
37:46incredibly
37:47bold request,
37:48but I need
37:48your help.
37:49Speak.
37:50I need to
37:51see Riker
37:52Ironhouth.
37:53His thick
37:54eyebrows
37:55immediately
37:55drew together.
37:56I took a
37:57deep breath
37:58and briefly
37:59explained the
38:00situation,
38:00from the
38:01contract
38:02marriage to
38:02the cliffside
38:03ambush,
38:04from Riker
38:05violently
38:05kicking me
38:06out to
38:07the sudden
38:07treason
38:07decree.
38:08He is
38:09not a
38:10traitor.
38:11If he
38:11was leaking
38:12defense maps,
38:13why would
38:13he jump
38:13off a
38:13cliff to
38:14save me?
38:15If he
38:15was colluding
38:16with the
38:16Shadowfleck
38:16pack,
38:17why the
38:17hell did
38:18they try
38:18to assassinate
38:18his carriage?
38:21If he
38:21is found
38:22guilty of
38:22treason,
38:23anyone who
38:24helps him
38:25swings from
38:26the same
38:26rope.
38:29I know.
38:30He looked
38:31at me,
38:31his expression
38:32unreadable.
38:33He finally
38:33said,
38:34Your father
38:35pulled me
38:35from the
38:35grave.
38:36I owe him
38:37my life,
38:38and I
38:39am paying
38:39that
38:39deck to
38:40you.
38:41He grabbed
38:41an ink
38:42quill from
38:42his desk,
38:43wrote a few
38:44lines on a
38:45heavy parchment,
38:46stamped his
38:47wax seal on
38:47it.
38:48This is a
38:49visitation
38:50pass,
38:50but you
38:51only have
38:52thirty minutes.
38:55The royal
38:55dungeons were
38:56buried deep
38:57beneath the
38:57king's
38:58castle,
38:59freezing,
39:00damp,
39:01where the
39:01air reeked
39:02of rotting
39:02iron and
39:03mold.
39:04A royal
39:04guard stopped
39:05in front of
39:06the very
39:06last iron
39:07door.
39:08He jammed
39:09a key
39:09into the
39:10lock.
39:12Alpha
39:12Iron
39:12Howl is
39:13a high
39:13risk
39:13trader.
39:14Remember,
39:15you only
39:15have thirty
39:15minutes.
39:16The iron
39:17door opened.
39:18I stepped
39:19inside.
39:21Ryder
39:21looked up.
39:22His hair
39:22was a
39:23tangled
39:23mess.
39:24Heavy
39:24stubble
39:24shadowed
39:25his jaw.
39:26His skin
39:26was deathly
39:27pale,
39:27his cheekbones
39:28jutting out
39:29sharply.
39:30He had
39:30lost so
39:31much weight,
39:31but his
39:32eyes hadn't
39:32changed.
39:33The second
39:34those deep
39:35amber eyes
39:35saw me,
39:36his pupils
39:37narrowed
39:37sharply.
39:38What are
39:39you doing
39:39here?
39:40I stood
39:41at the
39:41door,
39:41just staring
39:42at him.
39:43The dungeon
39:44air was
39:44freezing and
39:45damp,
39:46but my eyes
39:47burned hot
39:47with tears.
39:49Is this
39:49why you
39:50kicked me
39:50out?
39:52You knew
39:53they were
39:53coming for
39:53you,
39:54didn't you?
39:55Riker
39:55didn't say
39:55a word.
39:57I walked
39:58right up
39:58to him.
39:59I crouched
39:59down,
40:00bringing my
40:00face level
40:01with his.
40:02You were
40:03framed,
40:03weren't you?
40:03Riker
40:04just looked
40:05at me.
40:06He sat
40:07in complete
40:07silence for
40:08a long
40:08time.
40:10Then,
40:10he slowly
40:11reached out,
40:12his thumb
40:13gently wiping
40:14a tear from
40:15my cheek.
40:16Amelia,
40:17you shouldn't
40:17be here.
40:19Tell me
40:20the truth.
40:21Who
40:22framed you?
40:23What can
40:24I do to
40:24help?
40:25Ryder's
40:25long fingers
40:26tightened
40:27slightly against
40:28my palms.
40:28Amelia,
40:29you can't.
40:30The Shadow
40:30Fleck Pack.
40:31They
40:32colluded
40:32with a
40:33traitor
40:33inside
40:33Iron
40:34Howl,
40:34doctoring
40:34the
40:35border
40:35defense
40:35maps.
40:36But I
40:37have
40:37zero
40:37proof.
40:38All
40:38the
40:38evidence
40:38was
40:39scrubbed.
40:39My
40:39only
40:39witness
40:40died
40:40in a
40:40sudden
40:40accident
40:41three
40:41days
40:41ago.
40:42A
40:42heavy,
40:43sickening
40:44dread
40:44settled
40:44in my
40:45chest.
40:45Riker's
40:46voice
40:46suddenly
40:47turned
40:47to
40:47steel.
40:48But I
40:49didn't
40:49just sit
40:49and
40:50wait.
40:50Before
40:51they
40:51arrested
40:51me,
40:52I
40:52smuggled
40:52a letter
40:52to the
40:53Alpha
40:53King,
40:54detailing
40:54the
40:54entire
40:55Shadow
40:55flag
41:01if it
41:02was
41:02intercepted.
41:03I
41:03squeezed
41:04his
41:04hand
41:04even
41:04tighter
41:05and
41:05pleaded.
41:06There
41:06has
41:06to
41:06be
41:07a
41:07way.
41:07I'll
41:08go
41:08back
41:08to
41:08Lord
41:08Grestone.
41:09Amelia,
41:11when you
41:11leave this
41:12cell,
41:13do
41:13absolutely
41:14nothing.
41:14The
41:14walls
41:15have
41:15ears.
41:16How
41:16can
41:16you
41:16be
41:17so
41:17sure?
41:18I
41:19can't
41:19say
41:19much,
41:20but I
41:21promise
41:21you
41:21within
41:21seven
41:22days
41:22I
41:22will
41:23walk
41:23out
41:23of
41:23here
41:23because
41:24I
41:25never
41:25make
41:25a
41:25promise
41:25I
41:26cannot
41:26keep.
41:27He
41:28stared
41:31gently.
41:33Seven
41:33days
41:34from
41:34now,
41:34we
41:35will
41:35watch
41:35the
41:35sunrise
41:35together.
41:36Okay?
41:37I
41:38nodded.
41:38I
41:38looked
41:39up,
41:39straight
41:40into
41:40those
41:40burning
41:40golden
41:41eyes.
41:41He
41:42whispered,
41:43his
41:43rough
41:43thumb
41:43tracing
41:44my
41:44jawline.
41:45Amelia,
41:46I
41:46absolutely
41:46love
41:47everything
41:47about
41:47you.
41:47Ryder
41:48bent
41:48down
41:48and
41:48picked
41:49me
41:49up
41:49horizontally.
41:50I
41:50lightly
41:51pounded
41:51on
41:51his
41:51solid
41:52chest.
41:52You
41:52promised
41:53me
41:53we
41:53were
41:53going
41:53to
41:53watch
41:53the
41:54sunrise.
41:54He
41:54carried
41:55me
41:55inside
41:55and
41:56kicked
41:56the
41:56front
41:56door
41:56shut.
41:57I'm
41:58watching
41:58you
41:58first.
41:59He
41:59laid
42:00me
42:00down
42:00on
42:00the
42:00bed
42:00and
42:01stood
42:01by
42:02the
42:02edge,
42:02staring
42:03down.
42:03I
42:04lay
42:04there,
42:05my
42:05heart
42:05hammering
42:05so
42:06hard
42:06it
42:06hurt.
42:07He
42:07leaned
42:07down,
42:08one
42:08massive
42:09hand
42:09braced
42:09next
42:10to
42:10my
42:10head.
42:10His
42:11other
42:11hand
42:11slowly
42:12reached
42:12for
42:12the
42:12thin
42:13ribbon
42:13tying
42:13my
42:13collar
42:14together.
42:14He
42:14pulled
42:15it
42:15loose.
42:15I
42:16panicked,
42:16instinctively
42:17throwing
42:17my hands
42:18over my
42:25bruising
42:26right
42:26under
42:26my
42:26collar
42:27bones.
42:27His
42:28skin
42:28was
42:29scorting
42:29hot,
42:30but
42:30his
42:31touch
42:31was
42:31impossibly
42:32light,
42:33like he
42:34was
42:34handling
42:34shattered
42:35glass.
42:35It's
42:36not
42:36ruined.
42:37They
42:38are
42:38beautiful.
42:41He
42:41pressed
42:42his
42:42lips
42:42to
42:42my
42:42collar
42:43bone,
42:44trailing
42:44soft,
42:45burning
42:46kisses
42:46over
42:47every
42:47single
42:47purple
42:48mark.
42:48My
42:49entire
42:49body
42:49shivered,
42:50not
42:51from
42:51the
42:51cold.
42:52My
42:52body
42:53grew
42:53uncontrollably
42:54hot.
42:55Riker,
42:56he
42:56lifted
42:57his
42:57head.
42:57The
42:58rumors.
43:00Everyone
43:00said you
43:01were
43:02ruined
43:02down
43:02there.
43:03At
43:04dust
43:04on the
43:04sixth
43:05day,
43:05a new
43:05notice
43:06was
43:06nailed
43:06to
43:06the
43:06town
43:07square.
43:07I
43:08pushed
43:08my
43:08way
43:08through
43:09the
43:09massive
43:09crowd.
43:10I
43:10got
43:10up
43:11on
43:11my
43:11tiptoes
43:11to
43:12read
43:12it.
43:12The
43:12alpha
43:13king
43:13had
43:13officially
43:14investigated
43:14the
43:14claims,
43:15finding
43:15that the
43:15charges
43:16against
43:16alpha
43:16ryer
43:17iron
43:17hot
43:17were
43:17completely
43:18false.
43:19The
43:19true
43:19mastermind
43:20was
43:20the
43:20alpha
43:23of the
43:25had
43:25been
43:26arrested.
43:26Ryder
43:27Iron
43:27Help
43:27was
43:27fully
43:28acquitted
43:28and
43:28released.
43:29A
43:29massive
43:30roar
43:30of
43:30relief
43:30erupted
43:31from
43:31the
43:31crowd.
43:31He
43:32did
43:32it.
43:32He
43:32promised
43:33me
43:33seven
43:33days
43:34and
43:34he
43:34did
43:34it
43:34in
43:34six.
43:35That
43:35night
43:35I
43:36didn't
43:36sleep
43:36a
43:36single
43:36second.
43:37I
43:37sat
43:37right
43:38by
43:38the
43:38small
43:38window
43:38in
43:38my
43:39cottage
43:39staring
43:39out
43:40into
43:40the
43:40eastern
43:40horizon.
43:41The
43:41wind
43:41howled
43:42across
43:42the
43:42dark
43:42wastelands.
43:43I
43:43didn't
43:43know
43:44if I
43:44was
43:44waiting
43:44for
43:44the
43:45sunrise
43:45or
43:45if
43:46I
43:46was
43:46waiting
43:46for
43:46him.
43:47Maybe
43:47both.
43:48Just as
43:48the
43:48very
43:48first
43:49sliver
43:49of
43:49gray
43:49hit
43:50the
43:50sky
43:50I
43:50heard
43:51it.
43:51A
43:52knock.
43:52Quiet.
43:53Restrained.
43:54But
43:54heavy.
43:55Knock.
43:55Knock.
43:56Knock.
43:56A
43:56pause.
43:57Knock.
43:57Knock.
43:58Knock.
43:58I
43:58practically
43:59launched
43:59myself
43:59out of
44:00my
44:00chair.
44:00I
44:00threw
44:01myself
44:01at
44:01the
44:01door.
44:02My
44:02shaking
44:02hands
44:03grabbed
44:03the
44:03lash.
44:04I
44:04took
44:04one
44:04massive
44:05breath
44:05and pulled
44:05it
44:06open.
44:06Ryder
44:06was
44:07standing
44:07right
44:07there
44:07on
44:08the
44:08porch.
44:08He
44:09was
44:09wearing
44:09fresh
44:09clothes,
44:10a
44:10heavy
44:10dark
44:11coat
44:11and
44:11black
44:11slacks.
44:12His
44:12messy
44:13hair
44:13had
44:13been
44:13slicked
44:14back.
44:14He
44:14was
44:14still
44:15pale
44:15as
44:15a
44:15ghost,
44:16but
44:16his
44:16eyes
44:17were
44:17ablaze.
44:17The
44:18exact
44:18second
44:18those
44:19dark
44:19amber
44:19eyes
44:20locked
44:20on
44:20mine,
44:21they
44:21flared
44:21like
44:21a
44:21torch
44:22lighting
44:22up
44:22a
44:22pitch
44:23black
44:23cave.
44:23I
44:23threw
44:24myself
44:24right
44:24into
44:24his
44:25arms.
44:25My
44:25arms
44:26locked
44:26around
44:26his
44:26neck.
44:27I
44:27buried
44:27my
44:27face
44:28deep
44:28into
44:28his
44:28shoulder.
44:29I
44:29breathed
44:29him
44:30in.
44:30The
44:30rotting
44:30stench
44:31of
44:31the
44:31dungeon
44:31was
44:31completely
44:32gone.
44:32It
44:32was
44:33just
44:33clean,
44:34pure
44:34Ryker.
44:34Ryker
44:35crushed
44:35me
44:35against
44:35his
44:36chest.
44:37I
44:38couldn't
44:38even
44:38speak.
44:39I
44:39just
44:39nodded
44:40furiously
44:40into
44:41his
44:41coat.
44:41Then
44:41I
44:42felt
44:42a
44:42hot
44:42wet
44:42drop
44:43hit
44:43my
44:43hair.
44:44I
44:44slowly
44:44tilted
44:44my
44:45head
44:45up.
44:45Ryker's
44:46eyes
44:46were
44:46rimmed
44:47bright
44:47red.
44:47The
44:48morning
44:48sun
44:48hid
44:48his
44:49face
44:49casting
44:49him
44:50in
44:50a
44:50warm
44:50golden
44:51glow.
44:51My
44:51gaze
44:51drifted
44:52from
44:52his
44:52eyes
44:52down
44:53to
44:53his
44:53collar.
44:54And
44:54then,
44:54further
44:55down,
44:55I
44:56instantly
44:56froze.
44:57I
44:57had
44:57jumped
44:57out
44:58of
44:58bed
44:58so
44:58fast.
44:59I
44:59hadn't
44:59put
44:59on
44:59my
44:59chest
45:00banding.
45:00My
45:00loose
45:01cotton
45:01nightgown
45:01hid
45:01nothing.
45:02My
45:02curves
45:02were
45:03unmistakable
45:03under
45:03the
45:14rumbling
45:15in
45:15his
45:15chest.
45:16Where
45:16do
45:16you
45:16think
45:17you're
45:17going?
45:18I
45:18ducked
45:18my
45:18head
45:19to
45:19hide
45:19my
45:19burning
45:20cheeks,
45:20my
45:20voice
45:21dropping
45:21to
45:21a
45:22barely
45:22audible
45:22whisper.
45:24You
45:24hate
45:25it.
45:26Ryder
45:26slowly
45:26lowered
45:27his
45:27head,
45:28his
45:28lips
45:28brushing
45:28against
45:29my
45:29ear.
45:30Who
45:30told
45:30you
45:30that?
45:32My
45:33lady,
45:34why
45:34don't
45:35you
45:35find
45:35out
45:35for
45:35yourself?
45:36My
45:36brain
45:37completely
45:37short
45:38kited.
45:38His
45:38mouth
45:39trailed
45:39from
45:39my
45:39jawline
45:40down
45:40my
45:41neck,
45:41down
45:42to
45:42my
45:42colicones,
45:43and
45:44then
45:44dangerously
45:45lower.
45:46Every
45:46single
45:47kiss
45:47drove
45:48me
45:48absolutely
45:48insane.
45:49His
45:50thick
45:50fingers
45:51tangled
45:51deep
45:52into
45:52my
45:52hair,
45:53massaging
45:53my
45:54scalp.
45:54I
45:54completely
45:55melted
45:55against
45:56the
45:56sheets,
45:57giving
45:57myself
45:57over
45:58entirely
45:58to
45:59his
45:59touch.
45:59I
46:00had
46:00a
46:00dream
46:00about
46:01this
46:01once.
46:02What
46:02dream?
46:03He
46:03murmured
46:03every
46:04single
46:04detail
46:05into
46:05my
46:05ear.
46:06It
46:06was
46:06the
46:06exact
46:07same
46:07dream.
46:08My
46:08dream.
46:09You.
46:10But
46:10his
46:10mouth
46:11crashed
46:11down
46:12on
46:12mine,
46:12swallowing
46:13my
46:13words.
46:14This
46:14kiss
46:15wasn't
46:15like
46:15the
46:15garden,
46:16just
46:16raw,
46:17unhinged
46:18hunger.
46:19He
46:19forced
46:19my
46:19lips
46:20open,
46:20claiming
46:21every
46:21inch
46:21of
46:22my
46:22mouth.
46:22His
46:23teeth
46:23grazed
46:24my
46:24lower
46:24lip.
46:25My
46:25hands
46:25instinctively
46:26reached
46:26up,
46:27tracing
46:27the
46:28hard
46:28ridges
46:28of
46:29his
46:29stomach.
46:33Amelia,
46:33do you
46:34know
46:34what
46:34you're
46:34doing?
46:35I
46:35nodded.
46:36Do
46:37you
46:37understand
46:37what
46:37this
46:38means?
46:39If
46:39I
46:39claim
46:40you
46:40tonight,
46:42there
46:43is
46:43no
46:43going
46:44back.
46:45You
46:46belong
46:46to
46:47me
46:48forever.
46:50I
46:50looked
46:50up
46:51at
46:51him.
46:51This
46:52wasn't
46:52the
46:52dying
46:53man
46:53rotting
46:53in
46:53a
46:54bed.
46:55This
46:55wasn't
46:55a
46:56broken
46:56prisoner.
46:57This
46:57was
46:57Ryer
46:58Ironhowl,
46:59the
46:59alpha
46:59of
47:00the
47:00Ironhowl
47:00pack,
47:01the
47:01most
47:02lethal
47:02apex
47:02predator
47:03in
47:03the
47:03north.
47:05and
47:05he
47:06was
47:06mine.
47:07I've
47:08been
47:08yours
47:08for
47:08a
47:08long
47:09time,
47:09since
47:10the
47:10exact
47:10second
47:11you
47:11caught
47:11me
47:11on
47:12that
47:12cliff.
47:13Golden
47:13fire
47:14erupted
47:14in
47:14his
47:15eyes.
47:16He
47:16dropped
47:16his
47:17head,
47:17pressing
47:18his
47:18forehead
47:18against
47:18mine.
47:19Our
47:20rag
47:20breaths
47:20tangled
47:21together.
47:22He
47:22swore,
47:23then I
47:23am
47:23never
47:24letting
47:24you
47:24go.
47:26Never.
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