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🌲 She lost her parents in a brutal attack.
🌪️ Her pack was left in ruins.
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🌲 She lost her parents in a brutal attack.
🌪️ Her pack was left in ruins.
🗡️ And the final blow? Her childhood sweetheart fated to her best friend.
🐾 So she chose to walk away.
💎 But the wilderness didn't destroy her—it awakened her.
⚖️ Watch Emerald Eyed Luna as a broken outcast discovers her shocking royal bloodline.
⚔️ She will crush the dark syndicate threatening her world.
👑 And claim the throne alongside her true fated mate.
⏳ The ultimate glow-up starts now.
⮞ GENRE: Strong Heroine, Fantasy, Alpha, Revenge, Glow-Up
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00:00:06wake up nina damon just mind linked me that he and holly want to come talk to us at nine
00:00:12so if you don't want to see him we've got 30 minutes to get out i shoot up out of
00:00:15bed
00:00:15grab my packed bags and zach and i hit the road in my mother's old black charger
00:00:22we've barely cleared the pack border when zach's face tightens and his voice drops
00:00:31drive faster he's mind linking asking where we are zach's phone lights up damien's name on the
00:00:37screen i snatch it up he can command zach he has never once been able to command me
00:00:42what do you want damien we're a little busy living our own lives why didn't you wait for us
00:00:48why did you just leave like that save it you can't command me zach's out of range of your voice
00:00:54and
00:00:54frankly i don't want to talk to either of you i'll send warriors to drag you both back nina
00:00:59don't think you can leave me even if you're not my mate no one else gets to have you
00:01:06you'll be my second and you'll serve me let her go i will let her go and if you dare
00:01:11touch another
00:01:11male i'll come for you myself and throw you in a cell do you understand me i can hear holly
00:01:16screaming
00:01:17in the background telling him to let me go insisting she's the one who matters there's venom in her
00:01:22voice then damien says sweetheart you're going to be mine i even bought you a red gown just like the
00:01:29one from the ball and then to holly he snarls she's the love of my life you're at my side
00:01:34to keep up
00:01:34appearances but she'll be my mistress and you won't stop me the line goes dead with a click i sit
00:01:42frozen
00:01:50in our werewolf world rank is everything
00:02:03the bond the moon goddess ties with her own hands the day a wolf turns 18 a single scent tells
00:02:11you who is
00:02:11meant to be yours and the graduation ball is the night every unmated 18 year old from the packs
00:02:18gathers in one place hoping to find the other half of their mates
00:02:29tomorrow night is the ball and my 18th birthday my whole heart is set on one thing that my mate
00:02:36is damien my name is nina the beta's only daughter the pax top female warrior trained since i was five
00:02:45my father wants me to take a beta seat when he retires on one condition that i stop causing trouble
00:02:54nina no more fights what mate would want a wild rule breaking girl and what alpha would ever want
00:02:59you at his side i just smiled because i grew up alongside damien our future alpha he's my best friend
00:03:17we've kissed now and then but i saved my first time for my mate and i hoped more than anything
00:03:25today damien and the others are going dress shopping i'm still doing my makeup when the horns
00:03:31start blaring outside and a fist pound palms on my door nina if you don't get down here i'm taking
00:03:39the
00:03:39door off of cringes
00:03:42i bolt downstairs grab my bag and slip into the shotgun seat of damien's car like it's mine
00:03:54that seat's mine long legs faster reaction time in an emergency oh is that so want to go around
00:04:01with me again and find out then he cracks up damien lets out a low growl from his chest
00:04:09and zach clamps his mouth shut holly is my best friend the gamma's daughter her brother trevor is
00:04:17damien's right hand and zach is a warrior's son that shotgun seat i've ridden in it for years
00:04:25everyone treats me as damien's girl i've always known i catch damien's eye his temper is as unwamed as
00:04:31his bad boy looks but with me he's always been gentle in the fitting room i slip into a deep
00:04:37red gown
00:04:37slip high up the thigh and step out my friends go still i know exactly how beautiful i am and
00:04:44exactly how to make a room look damien growls and every head turns away at once holly steps out in
00:04:52a
00:04:52short blue dress that shows off the flawless figure oh my god nina that dress was made for you
00:04:58thank you you look gorgeous too then damien's voice slides into my head kitten don't get too
00:05:05attached to that dress because tomorrow night i'm peeling it right off i fire back through the mind
00:05:11link who says i'll let you get that far but my cheeks are burning and some traitorous part of me
00:05:16is
00:05:16looking forward to it that night holly sleeps over so we can go to the ball together i toss and
00:05:22turn
00:05:22and a bad feeling i can't shake finally i tell her what if i'm not damien's mate what if he
00:05:31finds
00:05:31someone else that won't happen you two were born for each other and even if his mate turned out to
00:05:37be someone else he'd reject her for you i'd bet on it i hoped she was right but if it
00:05:42wasn't me
00:05:43i would never let him reject his mate it wouldn't be right because we're taught from birth that mates
00:05:48are bound by the moon goddess herself i couldn't stand in the way of that even if it broke my
00:05:54heart
00:05:54the night of the ball holly and i walk in together i'm scanning the crowd for my date damien when
00:06:00holly
00:06:00suddenly lifts her head breathes in and starts running i chase after her she's staring dead ahead
00:06:07and i follow her gaze to damien then i hear her say it mate my heart drops through the floor
00:06:16no no this can't be he's supposed to be my mate not holly's i freeze where i stand staring at
00:06:25damien
00:06:25as the whole world caves in around me that one word out of holly's mouth
00:06:29mate keeps echoing in my ears damien looks at me then at holly at a total loss trevor and zach
00:06:36have gone
00:06:36ratchet on either side shock written all over their faces lena i i holly stammers not knowing
00:06:45what to say or do everyone is waiting to see how i'll react damien takes a step towards me and
00:06:51suddenly we all hear a low growl she stops i turn my head holly has clapped a hand over her
00:06:57mouth
00:06:58her face full of shock she's the one who riled i once told her everything i felt for damien she
00:07:03knows
00:07:04exactly how much i love him there's no way our friendship survives holly's possessiveness over
00:07:09damien is already fierce she must be terrified he'll reject her and my heart breaks for her too
00:07:14she knows her own mate has fallen for another girl and that girl is her best friend in my head
00:07:19raven
00:07:19throws back her muzzle and howls as if she's giving voice to the pieces of my shattered heart
00:07:24i spin on my heel and run mid-stride i shift into my wolf hurling every shout behind me into
00:07:30the wind
00:07:31i crawl into a cave wall off my mind shut out every mind link and cry myself to sleep for
00:07:38the best friend
00:07:39and the love i lost inside the night then raven jolts awake and shakes me out of sleep wake up
00:07:46something's wrong in the distance snarls and the sounds of killing the heavy stench of blood bloods my
00:07:52nose i race home through the night on the other end of the mind link my father's voice is almost
00:07:58a scream nina we're under attack get to the safe room now i scramble into the bunker beneath our kitchen
00:08:05and collapse onto the mattress outside the packs roars and death cries never stop i hug my knees in the
00:08:12dark
00:08:12and wait my heart in my throat then something inside me tears loose a pain rips through my chest
00:08:18to plant both hands over my heart and scream my mother is dead from far off my father's anguished
00:08:24howl reaches me
00:08:28i know no wolf survives the death of it my father won't make it either and then a second tear
00:08:34rips
00:08:34through my heart in a single night i've become an orphan i've lost everything i cry until i black out
00:08:43at dawn i stare blankly at the family photos lining the wall and then i snap
00:08:49i smash everything and reach the pieces a pair of arms locks around me holding me tight
00:08:56i'm here nina i'll take i'll take care of you
00:08:58but zach thank the goddess not holly not damien i'm not ready to face either of them at the funeral
00:09:04the bodies of 27 warriors were swallowed by the flames turning to ash that will feed the earth
00:09:1227 lives gone to ash in a single night i take the ruby necklace from around my mother's neck which
00:09:19was
00:09:19the gift i gave my parents for their 25th wedding anniversary i thread my parents wedding rings onto it
00:09:25and fasten it around my own throat i drift through that day in a daze zach comes over to cook
00:09:32for me
00:09:33but i can't get a single bite down
00:09:39the next day i make my way to the pack house i think i need to talk to damien after
00:09:44everything
00:09:44that's happened i have to understand what he's really thinking can i truly ask him to reject
00:09:49his mate for me could i reject my own mate for him it's all so wrong but i owe it
00:09:54to myself to hear him
00:09:55out the pain in his eyes have been so plain and if i could take even a little comfort from
00:10:00it maybe i
00:10:01could begin to make my peace with all of this just as i reach for the door it bursts open
00:10:06with a bang
00:10:06holly rushes out fucking mate bond cursing the mate bond under her breath she doesn't see me and hurries
00:10:13away i frown and the moment i step inside it hits me holly's scent tangled together with damien's two
00:10:20scents only ever blend like that after mating i go still for a heartbeat my mind is blank and then
00:10:26fury
00:10:26and grief come crashing in damien stares at me dazed and lost he clearly never expected me to come
00:10:32and that's when i see the fresh mark on his neck so all these years to him i was light
00:10:37as dust he
00:10:37cast me aside as fast as you'd throws out a piece of trash i only came to tell you within
00:10:45the week i'll
00:10:46be gone i formally renounced the beta position i was born to alpha damien the moment the words are out
00:10:53i turn and leave giving him no chance to get out a single word then damien reaches for me through
00:10:58the mind link i'm sorry nina i was wrong please forgive me i'll love you forever my heart gives
00:11:03one violent lurch and then with my own hand i sever the link i will not look back at dawn
00:11:11zach loads the
00:11:12luggage into the trunk this past week has been quiet he's decided to leave with me he won't let me
00:11:19go
00:11:19alone and he says he needs a change of scenery too i understand he used to be in love with
00:11:25holly
00:11:26we plan to pack today and set out at first light tomorrow i've heard the luna ceremony is a month
00:11:31or two off and i know damien and holly are already mated i can't wait to leave the old life
00:11:37behind
00:11:38and i'm certain my own mate isn't in this pack otherwise i'd have caught his scent by now
00:11:43i want to go out and find him wake up nina damien just mind linked me that he and holly
00:11:51want to come
00:11:51talk to us at nine so if you don't want to see him we've got 30 minutes to get out
00:11:56i shoot up out
00:11:57of bed grab my packed bags and zach and i hit the road in my mother's old black charge
00:12:04we've barely cleared the pack border when zach's face tightens and his voice drops
00:12:13drive faster he's mind linking asking where we are zach's phone lights up damien's name on the screen
00:12:19i snatch it up he can command zach he has never once been able to command me what do you
00:12:24want damien
00:12:26we're a little busy living our own lives why didn't you wait for us why did you just leave like
00:12:31that
00:12:31save it you can't command me zach's out of range of your voice and frankly i don't want to talk
00:12:36to
00:12:37either of you i'll send warriors to drag you both back nina don't think you can leave me even if
00:12:43you're
00:12:44not my mate no one else gets to have you you'll be my second and you'll serve me
00:12:51let her go and if you dare touch another male i'll come for you myself and throw you in a
00:12:55cell
00:12:56do you understand me i can hear holly screaming in the background telling him to let me go
00:13:00insisting she's the one who matters there's venom in her voice then damien says sweetheart you're going
00:13:07to be mine i even bought you a red gown just like the one from the ball and then to
00:13:12holly he snarls
00:13:13she's the love of my life you're at my side to keep up appearances but she'll be my mistress and
00:13:19you
00:13:19won't stop me the line goes dead with a click i sit frozen gripping the phone zach shifts me over
00:13:27to
00:13:28the passenger seat jumps behind the wheel and flits it my head is a storm he wants to lock me
00:13:34up as his
00:13:35mistress keep me as a sex slave take me by force you okay i'm fine i will never obey him
00:13:43i'd sooner die
00:13:44fighting than set foot in that pack again in my head raven bears her teeth let him lay one finger
00:13:51on us and i'll bite off his manhood and feed it to him and watch him bleed out that's my
00:13:57wolf far away
00:13:59in the smoky mountain pack their future's heir wyatt gets an urgent report from the border rogue activity
00:14:05has spiked lately the young alpha to be frowns he doesn't yet know that those restless robes are all
00:14:12been drawn by a single scent and that the owner of that scent is at this very moment driving straight
00:14:17towards him the drive to smoky mountain park is close to 13 hours halfway there we pull over to
00:14:23let our wolves stretch we slip into the trees and shift raven and zach's wolf max break into a run
00:14:31wind pours through my fur the smell of pine washes over me and for a moment i really believe we're
00:14:37free
00:14:39then a dry branch snaps raven and max's ears shoot up a rotten swampy stench slides into my nose and
00:14:47i
00:14:47know it even though i've never smelled it before i just know three of them on the right three robes
00:14:54burst from the brush teeth bared they didn't come to talk i drop low and raven's growl eclectic as we
00:15:02race to fight the first one launches i catch its jaw in mid-air and work my head tearing flesh
00:15:09and
00:15:10sinew clean away the second circle toward max i grab it by the hind leg and slam it into a
00:15:15tree bronc
00:15:16a sharp crack its neck breaks by the time i turn back he's already ripped out the third one's throat
00:15:21i've trained to fight since i was five three rogues are nothing ravens can't handle then three warriors
00:15:27and a woman step out of the shadows of the trees wary and searching what's going on here zach and
00:15:32i edge back half a step covering each other easy shift back i'm alex alpha of the redwood pack i
00:15:40mean
00:15:40you no harm zach and i trade a glance no malice from him but no real warmth either and the
00:15:46way they're
00:15:46looking at me it isn't the way you look at a stranger who killed three rogues it's the way you
00:15:51look at something that was never supposed to surface again wake up nina damien just mind linked me that
00:16:06he and holly want to come talk to us at nine so if you don't want to see him we've
00:16:11got 30 minutes to
00:16:12get out i shoot up out of bed grab my packed bags and zach and i hit the road in
00:16:16my mother's old black
00:16:17charger you've barely cleared the pack border when zach's face tightens and his voice drops
00:16:29drive faster he's mind linking asking where we are zach's phone lights up damien's name on the screen
00:16:35i snatch it up he can command zach he has never once been able to command me what do you
00:16:41want
00:16:41damien we're a little busy living our own lives why didn't you wait for us why did you just leave
00:16:47like that save it you can't command me zach's out of range of your voice and frankly i don't want
00:16:52to
00:16:52talk to either of you i'll send warriors to drag you both back nina don't think you can leave me
00:16:59even if you're not my mate no one else gets to have you you'll be my second and you'll serve
00:17:06me
00:17:07let her go i'm the one and if you dare touch another male i'll come for you myself and throw
00:17:11you in a cell do you understand me i can hear holly screaming in the background telling him to let
00:17:16me
00:17:16go insisting she's the one who matters there's venom in her voice then damien says sweetheart you're going
00:17:24to be mine i even bought you a red gown just like the one from the ball and then to
00:17:28holly he snarls
00:17:30she's the love of my life you're at my side to keep up appearances but
00:17:33she'll be my mistress and you won't stop me the line goes dead with a click i sit frozen
00:17:48in our werewolf world rank is everything
00:17:59but more decisive than bloodline is the mate the bond the moon goddess ties with her own hands
00:18:05the day a wolf turns 18 a single scent tells you who is meant to be yours
00:18:11and the graduation ball is the night every unmated 18 year old from the packs
00:18:15gathers in one place hoping to find the other half of their mate
00:18:27tomorrow night is the ball and my 18th birthday my whole heart is set on one thing that my mate
00:18:34is
00:18:34is damien my name is lena the beta's only daughter the pax top female warrior trained since i was five
00:18:43my father wants me to take the beta seat when he retires on one condition that i stop causing trouble
00:18:52lena no more fights what mate would want a wild rule breaking girl and what alpha would ever want
00:18:57you at his side i just smiled because i grew up alongside damien our future alpha he's my best friend
00:19:15we've kissed now and then but i saved my first time for my mate and i hoped more than anything
00:19:22that
00:19:23it was him today damien and the others are going dress shopping i'm still doing my makeup when the
00:19:28horns start blaring outside and a fist pound tones on my door nina if you don't get down here i'm
00:19:36taking
00:19:36the door off the crazy i bolt downstairs grab my bag and swipe into the shotgun seat of damien's car
00:19:46like it's mine
00:19:52that seat's mine long legs faster reaction time in an emergency oh is that so
00:19:58want to go around with me again and find out damien lets out a low growl from his chest
00:20:07and zach clamps his mouth shut holly is my best friend the gamma's daughter her brother trevor is
00:20:15damien's right hand and zach is a warrior's son that shotgun seat i've ridden in it for years
00:20:23everyone treats me as damien's girl i've always known i catch damien's eye his temper is as unweamed
00:20:28as his bad boy looks but with me he's always been gentle in the fitting room i slip into a
00:20:34deep red
00:20:35gown slit high up the thigh and step out my friends go still i know exactly how beautiful i am
00:20:42and exactly
00:20:43how to make a room look damien growls every head turns away at once
00:20:48holly steps out in a short blue dress that shows off the flawless figure oh my god nina that dress
00:20:55was made for you thank you you look gorgeous too then damien's voice slides into my head
00:21:02kitten don't get too attached to that dress because tomorrow night i'm feeling it right on
00:21:07i fire back through the mind link who says i'll let you get that far but my cheeks are burning
00:21:12and some
00:21:12traitorous part of me is looking forward to it that night holly sleeps over so we can go to the
00:21:18ball
00:21:18together i toss and turn and a bad feeling i can't shake finally i tell her what if i'm not
00:21:26damien's
00:21:27mate what if he finds someone else that won't happen you two were born for each other and even if
00:21:34his mate turned out to be someone else he'd reject her for you i'd bet on it i hoped she
00:21:39was right but if
00:21:40it wasn't me i would never let him reject his mate it wouldn't be right because we're taught from
00:21:45birth that mates are bound by the moon goddess herself i couldn't stand in the way of that even
00:21:51if it broke my heart the night of the ball holly and i walk in together i'm scanning the crowd
00:21:56for my
00:21:56date damien when holly suddenly lifts her head breathes in and starts running i chase after her
00:22:04she's staring dead ahead and i follow her gaze
00:22:08to damien then i hear her say it mate my heart drops through the floor no no this can't be
00:22:16he's
00:22:17supposed to be my mate not holly's i freeze where i stand staring at damien as the whole world caves
00:22:25in
00:22:25around me that one word out of holly's mouth mate keeps echoing in my ears damien looks at me then
00:22:31at
00:22:31holly at a total loss trevor and zach have gone ratchet on either side shock written all over their faces
00:22:40lena i i holly stammers not knowing what to say or do everyone is waiting to see how i'll react
00:22:46damien takes a step towards me and suddenly we all hear a low growl she stops i turn my head
00:22:53holly
00:22:54has clapped a hand over her mouth his face full of shock she's the one who riled i once told
00:22:59her
00:22:59everything i felt for damien she knows exactly how much i love you there's no way our friendship
00:23:04survives this holly's possessiveness over damien is already fierce she must be terrified he'll reject
00:23:10her and my heart breaks for me too she knows her own mate has fallen for another girl and that
00:23:15girl is
00:23:15her best friend in my head raven throws back her muzzle and howls as if she's giving voice to the
00:23:21pieces of my shattered heart i spin on my heel and run mid-stride i shift into my wolf curling
00:23:26every
00:23:27shout behind me into the wind i crawl into a cave wall off my mind shut out every mind link
00:23:34and cry
00:23:34myself to sleep for the best friend and the love i lost in the same night then raven bolts awake
00:23:41and shakes
00:23:41me out of sleep wake up something's wrong in the distance snarls and the sounds of killing the
00:23:49heavy stench of blood floods my nose i race home through the night on the other end of the mind
00:23:54my father's voice is almost a scream nina we're under attack get to the safe room now i scramble into
00:24:02the bunker beneath our kitchen and collapse onto the mattress outside the pack's roars and death
00:24:07cries never stop i hug my knees in the dark and wait for a heart in my throat then something
00:24:13inside me tears
00:24:14loose a pain in my chest and a plant both hands over my heart and scream my mother is dead
00:24:20from far off
00:24:21my father's anguished towel reaches me
00:24:26i know no wolf survives the death of the saint my father won't make it either and then a second
00:24:31tear
00:24:32rips through my heart in a single night i've become an orphan i've lost everything i cry until i black
00:24:38out
00:24:41at dawn i stare blankly at the family photos lining the wall and then i snap
00:24:47i smash everything and reach the pieces a pair of arms locked around my head holding me tight
00:24:54look here nina that's a picture of you but zach thank the goddess not holly not damien i'm not
00:25:00ready to face either of them at the funeral the bodies of 27 warriors are swallowed by the flames
00:25:06turning to ash that will feed the earth 27 lives gone to ash in a single night
00:25:13i take the ruby necklace from around my mother's neck which was the gift i gave my parents for their
00:25:1925th wedding anniversary i thread my parents wedding rings onto it and fasten it around my own throat
00:25:26i drift through that day in a daze zach comes over to cook for me but i can't get a
00:25:32single bite down
00:25:37the next day i make my way to the pack house i think i need to talk to damien after
00:25:42everything
00:25:42that's happened i have to understand what he's really thinking can i truly ask him to reject his
00:25:47mate for me could i reject my own mate for him it's all so wrong but i owe it to
00:25:52myself to hear him out
00:25:53the pain in his eyes had been so plain and if i could take even a little comfort from it
00:25:58maybe i
00:25:59could begin to make my peace with all of this just as i reach for the door it bursts open
00:26:04with a bang
00:26:04holly rushes out fucking mate bond cursing the mate bond under her breath she doesn't see me and
00:26:11hurries away i frown and the moment i step inside it hits me holly's scent tangled together with damien's
00:26:17two scents only ever blend like that after mating i go still for a heartbeat my mind is blank and
00:26:23then
00:26:23fury and grief come crashing in damien stares at me dazed and lost he clearly never expected me to
00:26:29come and that's when i see the fresh mark on his neck so all these years to him i was
00:26:34light as dust
00:26:35he cast me aside as fast as you'd throws out a piece of trash i only came to tell you
00:26:42within the
00:26:43week i'll be gone i formally renounced the beta position i was born to alpha damien the moment the
00:26:50words are out i turn and leave giving him no chance to get out a single word then damien reaches
00:26:55for me
00:26:55through the mind link i'm sorry nina i was wrong please forgive me i'll love you forever my heart
00:27:01gives one violent march and then with my own hand i sever the link i will not look back at
00:27:08dawn
00:27:09zach loads the luggage into the trunk this past week has been quiet he's decided to leave with me
00:27:16he won't let me go alone and he says he needs a change of scenery too i understand he used
00:27:22to be
00:27:23in love with holly we plan to pack today and set out at first light tomorrow i've heard the luna
00:27:28ceremony
00:27:28is a month or two off and i know damien and holly are already mated i can't wait to leave
00:27:34the old life
00:27:35behind and i'm certain my own mate isn't in this pack otherwise i'd have caught his scent by now
00:27:41i want to go out and find him wake up nina damien just mind linked me that he and holly
00:27:49want to
00:27:49come talk to us at nine so if you don't want to see him we've got 30 minutes to get
00:27:54out i shoot up
00:27:55out of bed grab my packed bags and zach and i hit the road in my mother's old black charger
00:28:02you've barely cleared the pack border when zach's face tightens and his voice drops
00:28:10drive faster he's mind linking asking where we are zach's phone lights up damien's name on the
00:28:16screen i snatch it up he can command zach he has never once been able to command me what do
00:28:22you want
00:28:23damien we're a little busy living our own lives why didn't you wait for us why did you just leave
00:28:29like that save it you can't command me zach's out of range of your voice and frankly i don't want
00:28:34to
00:28:34talk to either of you i'll send warriors to drag you both back nina don't think you can leave me
00:28:41even if you're not my mate no one else gets to have you you'll be my second and you'll serve
00:28:48me
00:28:49let her go i'm the one and if you dare touch another male i'll come for you myself and throw
00:28:53you in a cell do you understand me i can hear holly screaming in the background telling him to let
00:28:58me
00:28:58go insisting she's the one who matters there's venom in her voice then damien says sweetheart you're
00:29:05going to be mine i even bought you a red gown just like the one from the ball and then
00:29:10to holly he snarls
00:29:11she's the love of my life you're at my side to keep up appearances but she'll be my mistress
00:29:16and you won't stop me the line goes dead with a click i sit frozen zack shifts me over to
00:29:25the
00:29:26passenger seat jumps behind the wheel and flits it my head is a storm he wants to lock me up
00:29:32as his
00:29:33mistress keep me as a sex slave take me by force you okay i'm fine i will never obey him
00:29:41i'd sooner die
00:29:42fighting than set foot in that pack again in my head raven bears her teeth let him lay one finger
00:29:49on us and i'll bite off his manhood and feed it to him and watch him bleed out that's my
00:29:55wolf far away
00:29:57in the smoky mountain pack their future's heir wyatt gets an urgent report from the border rogue
00:30:02activity despite lately the young alpha tv frowns he doesn't yet know that those restless robes are
00:30:09all being drawn by a single scent and that the owner of that scent is in this very moment driving
00:30:15straight
00:30:15towards him the drive to smoky mountain park is close to 13 hours halfway there we pull over to let
00:30:22our wolves stretch we slip into the trees and shift raven and zack's wolf max break into a run wind
00:30:29pours
00:30:30through my fur the smell of pine washes over me and for a moment i really believe we're free
00:30:37then a dry branch snaps raven and max's ears shoot up a rotten swampy stench slides into my nose
00:30:45and i know it even though i've never smelled it before i just know three of them on the right
00:30:51three rows first from the brush teeth bared they didn't come to talk
00:30:56i drop low and ravens growl its updates as we brace to fight the first one launches
00:31:03i catch its jaw in mid-air and work my head tearing flesh and sinew came away the second circles
00:31:10toward
00:31:10max i grab it by the hind leg and slam it into a tree bronc a sharp crack its neck
00:31:15breaks by the time i
00:31:16turn back he's already ripped out the third one's throat i've trained to fight since i was five three
00:31:21rogues are nothing ravens can't handle then three warriors and a woman step out of the shadows of
00:31:26the trees wary and searching what's going on here zach and i edge back half a step covering each other
00:31:33easy shift back i'm alex alpha of the redwood pack i mean you no harm zach and i trade a
00:31:40glance
00:31:40no malice from him but no real warmth either and the way they're looking at me it isn't the way
00:31:46you
00:31:46look at a stranger who killed three rogues it's the way you look at something that was never supposed
00:31:50to surface again wake up nina damien just mind linked me that he and holly want to come talk to
00:32:05us
00:32:06at nine so if you don't want to see him we've got 30 minutes to get out i shoot up
00:32:11out of bed grab my
00:32:12packed bags and zach and i hit the road in my mother's old black charger
00:32:18we've barely cleared the pack border when zach's face tightens and his voice drops
00:32:27drive faster he's mind linking asking where we are zach's phone lights up damien's name on the screen
00:32:33i snatch it up he can command zach he has never once been able to command me what do you
00:32:39want
00:32:39david we're a little busy living our own lives why didn't you wait for us why did you just leave
00:32:45like that save it you can't command me zach's out of range of your voice and frankly i don't want
00:32:50to
00:32:50talk to either of you i'll send warriors to drag you both back nina don't think you can leave me
00:32:56even if you're not my mate no one else gets to have you
00:33:02you'll be my second and you'll serve me let her go and if you dare touch another male i'll come
00:33:08for
00:33:08you myself and throw you in a cell do you understand me i can hear holly screaming in the background
00:33:13telling him to let me go insisting she's the one who matters there's venom in her voice
00:33:19then damien says sweetheart you're going to be mine i even bought you a red gown just like the one
00:33:25from
00:33:25the ball and then to holly he snarls she's the love of my life you're at my side to keep
00:33:30up
00:33:30appearances but she'll be my mistress and you won't stop me the line goes dead with a click i sit
00:33:37frozen
00:33:45in our werewolf world rank is everything
00:33:57but more decisive than bloodline is the mate the bond the moon goddess ties with her own hands
00:34:03the day a wolf turns 18 a single scent tells you who is meant to be yours
00:34:09and the graduation ball is the night every unrated 18 year old from the packs and gathers
00:34:14in one place hoping to find the other half of her mate
00:34:25tomorrow night is the ball and my 18th birthday my whole heart is set on one thing that my mate
00:34:32is
00:34:32is damien my name is nina the beta's only daughter the pax top warrior trained since i was five
00:34:41my father wants me to take a beta seat when he retires on one condition that i stop causing trouble
00:34:50nina no more fights what mate would want a wild rule breaking girl and what alpha would ever want
00:34:55you at his side i just smiled because i grew up alongside damien our future alpha he's my best friend
00:35:13we've kissed now and then but i saved my first time for my mate and i hoped more than anything
00:35:20that it was today damien and the others are going dress shopping i'm still doing my makeup when the
00:35:26horns start blaring outside and a fist pound pounds on my door nina if you don't get down here i'm
00:35:34taking
00:35:34the door i bolt downstairs grab my bag and swipe into the shotgun seat of damien's car like it's mine
00:35:50that seat's mine long legs faster reaction time in an emergency oh is that so
00:35:56want to go around with me again and find out but a hole cracks up damien lets out a low
00:36:02growl from his chest
00:36:05and zach clamps his mouth shut polly is my best friend the gamma's daughter her brother trevor
00:36:12is damien's right hand and zach is a warrior's son that shotgun seat i've ridden in it for years
00:36:20everyone treats me as damien's girl i've always known i catch damien's eye his temper is as unwaimed
00:36:26as his bad boy looks but with me he's always been gentle in the fitting room i slip into a
00:36:32deep red
00:36:33gown slit high up the thigh and step out my friends go still i know exactly how beautiful i am
00:36:39and
00:36:40exactly how to make a room look damien growls and every head turns away at once
00:36:46holly steps out in a short blue dress that shows off the flawless figure oh my god nina that dress
00:36:52was made for you thank you you look gorgeous too then damien's voice slides into my head
00:37:00kitten don't get too attached to that dress because tomorrow night i'm peeling it right off i fire back
00:37:06through the mind link who says i'll let you get that far but my cheeks are burning and some traitorous
00:37:11thought he is looking forward to it that night holly sleeps over so we can go to the ball together
00:37:17i toss and turn and a bad feeling i can't shake finally i tell her what if i'm not damien's
00:37:25mate
00:37:26what if he finds someone else that won't happen you two were born for each other and even if his
00:37:32mate
00:37:32turned out to be someone else he'd reject her for you i'd bet on it i hoped she was right
00:37:37but if it
00:37:38wasn't me i would never let him reject his mate it wouldn't be right because we're taught from birth
00:37:43that mates are bound by the moon goddess herself i couldn't stand in the way of that even if it
00:37:49broke
00:37:49my heart the night of the ball holly and i walk in together i'm scanning the crowd for my date
00:37:54damien
00:37:55when holly suddenly lifts her head breathes in and starts running i chase after her she's staring dead ahead
00:38:03and i follow her gaze to damien then i hear her say it mate my heart drops through the floor
00:38:12no no this
00:38:14can't be he's supposed to be my mate not holly's i freeze where i stand staring at damien as the
00:38:22whole
00:38:22world caves in around me that one word out of holly's mouth mate keeps echoing in my ears damien looks
00:38:29at me then at holly at a total loss trevor and zach have gone ratchet on either side shock written
00:38:34all
00:38:34over their faces lena i i polly stammers not knowing what to say or do everyone is waiting to see
00:38:43how i'll
00:38:44react damien takes a step towards me and suddenly we all hear a low growl she stops i turn my
00:38:51head
00:38:51holly has clapped a hand over her mouth her face full of shock she's the one who riled i once
00:38:57told
00:38:57her everything i felt for damien she knows exactly how much i love you there's no way our friendship
00:39:02survives holly's possessiveness over damien is already fierce she must be terrified he'll reject her and my
00:39:08heart breaks for her too she knows her own mate has fallen for another girl and that girl is her
00:39:13best
00:39:14friend in my head raven throws back her muzzle and howls as if she's giving voice to the pieces of
00:39:19my
00:39:19shattered heart i spin on my heel and run mid-stride i shift into my wolf curling every shout behind
00:39:25me
00:39:26into the wind i crawl into a cave wall off my mind shut out every mind link and cry myself
00:39:33to sleep
00:39:33for the best friend and the love i lost in a single night then raven jolts awake and shakes me
00:39:39out of
00:39:40sleep wake up something's wrong in the distance snarls and the sounds of killing the heavy stench of
00:39:47blood floods my nose i race home for the night on the other end of the mind loop my father's
00:39:53voice is
00:39:54almost a scream nina we're under attack get to the safe room now i scramble into the bunker beneath
00:40:00our kitchen and collapse onto the mattress outside the packs roars and death cries never stop i hug my
00:40:07knees in the dark and wait my heart in my throat then something inside me tears loose a pain ripped
00:40:13through my chest and i clamp both hands over my heart and scream my mother is dead from far off
00:40:19my
00:40:19father's anguished howl reaches me i know no wolf survives the death of their mate my father won't
00:40:28make it either and then a second tear rips through my heart in a single night i've become an orphan
00:40:33i've lost everything i cry until i black out
00:40:39at dawn i stare blankly at the family photos lining the wall and then i snap
00:40:45i smash everything in the room a pair of arms locks around my head holding the tight
00:40:51i'm not here nina it's a it's a tear of yours but zach thank the goddess not holly not damien
00:40:57i'm not
00:40:58ready to face either of them at the funeral the bodies of 27 warriors are swallowed by the flames
00:41:04turning to ash that will feed the earth 27 lives gone to ash in a single night
00:41:11i take the ruby necklace from around my mother's neck which was the gift i gave my parents for their
00:41:1725th wedding anniversary i thread my parents wedding rings onto it and fasten it around my own throat
00:41:24i drift through that day in a daze zach comes over to cook for me but i can't get a
00:41:30single bite down
00:41:35the next day i make my way to the pack house i think i need to talk to damien after
00:41:40everything
00:41:40that's happened i have to understand what he's really thinking can i truly ask him to reject
00:41:45his mate for me could i reject my own mate for him it's all so wrong but i owe it
00:41:50to myself to
00:41:50hear him out the pain in his eyes had been so plain and if i could take even a little
00:41:55comfort from it
00:41:56maybe i could begin to make my peace with all of this just as i reach for the door it
00:42:01bursts open
00:42:01with a bang holly rushes out fucking mate bond cursing the mate bond under her breath she doesn't
00:42:08see me and hurries away i frown and the moment i step inside it hits me holly's scent tangled
00:42:14together with diamonds two scents only ever blend like that after mating i go still for a heartbeat my
00:42:20mind is blank and then fury and grief come crashing in damien stares at me dazed and lost he clearly
00:42:26never
00:42:27expected me to come and that's when i see the fresh mark on his neck so all these years to
00:42:31him i was
00:42:32light as dust he cast me aside as fast as you'd throws out a piece of trash i only came
00:42:39to tell you
00:42:40within the week i'll be gone i formally renounced the beta position i was born to alpha damien the moment
00:42:47the words are out i turn and leave giving him no chance to get out a single word then damien
00:42:52reaches
00:42:53for me through the mind link i'm sorry nina i was wrong please forgive me i'll love you forever
00:42:58my heart gives one violent lurch and then with my own hand i sever the link i will not look
00:43:04back
00:43:06at dawn zach loads the luggage into the trunk this past week has been quiet he's decided to leave with
00:43:13me he won't let me go alone and he says he needs a change of scenery too i understand he
00:43:20used to be in
00:43:21love with holly we plan to pack today and set out at first light tomorrow i've heard the luna ceremony
00:43:26is a month or two off and i know damien and holly are already mated i can't wait to leave
00:43:32the old life
00:43:33behind and i'm certain my own mate isn't in this pack otherwise i'd have caught his scent by now i
00:43:39want
00:43:40to go out and find him wake up nina damien just mind linked me that he and holly want to
00:43:47come talk
00:43:47to us at nine so if you don't want to see him we've got 30 minutes to get out i
00:43:52shoot up out of bed
00:43:53grab my packed bags and zach and i hit the road in my mother's old black charger
00:43:59we've barely cleared the pack border when zach's face tightens and his voice drops
00:44:08drive faster he's mind linking asking where we are zach's phone lights up damien's name on the screen
00:44:14i snatch it up he can command zach he has never once been able to command me what do you
00:44:20want damien
00:44:22we're a little busy living our own lives why didn't you wait for us why did you just leave like
00:44:27that save it you can't command me zach's out of range of your voice and frankly i don't want to
00:44:32talk to either of you i'll send warriors to drag you both back nina don't think you can leave me
00:44:38even if you're not my mate no one else gets to have you you'll be my second and you'll serve
00:44:46me
00:44:46let her go i'm the one and if you dare touch another male i'll come for you myself and throw
00:44:51you in a cell do you understand me i can hear holly screaming in the background telling him to let
00:44:56me
00:44:56go insisting she's the one who matters there's venom in her voice then damien says sweetheart you're
00:45:03going to be mine i even bought you a red gown just like the one from the ball and then
00:45:08to holly he snarls
00:45:09she's the love of my life you're at my side to keep up appearances but she'll be my mistress
00:45:14and you won't stop me the line goes dead with a click i sit frozen gripping the phone
00:45:22zach shifts me over to the passenger seat jumps behind the wheel and flits it my head is a storm
00:45:29he wants to lock me up as his mistress keep me as a sex slave take me by force are
00:45:35you okay
00:45:36i'm fine i will never obey him i'd sooner die fighting than set foot in that pack again
00:45:42in my head raven bears her teeth let him lay one finger on us and i'll bite off his manhood
00:45:50and
00:45:50feed it to him and watch him bleed out that's my wolf far away in the smoky mountain pack their
00:45:57future's
00:45:57heir wyatt gets an urgent report from the border rogue activity has spiked lately the young alpha to be
00:46:04frowns he doesn't yet know that those restless robes are all being drawn by a single scent and
00:46:09that the owner of that scent is at this very moment driving straight towards him the drive to smoky
00:46:15mountain park is close to 13 hours halfway there we pull over to let our wolves stretch we slip into
00:46:22the
00:46:22trees and shift raven and zach's wolf max break into a run wind pours through my fur the smell of
00:46:29pine
00:46:29washes over me and for a moment i really believe we're free then a dry branch snaps raven and max's
00:46:38ears shoot up a rotten swampy stench slides into my nose and i know it even though i've never smelled
00:46:45it before i just know three of them on the right three robes burst from the brush teeth bared they
00:46:52didn't come to talk i drop low and ravens growl as updates as we brace to fight the first one
00:47:00launches i catch its jaw in mid-air and work my head tearing flesh and sinew came away the second
00:47:07circles toward max i grab it by the hind leg and slam it into a tree bronc a sharp crack
00:47:12its neck breaks
00:47:13by the time i turn backs has already ripped out the third one's throat i've trained to fight
00:47:18and that was five three rogues are nothing raven can't handle then three warriors and a woman step
00:47:23out of the shadows of the trees wary and searching what's going on here zach and i edge back half
00:47:29a
00:47:29step covering each other easy shift back i'm alex alpha of the redwood pack i mean you no harm
00:47:36zach and i trade a glance no malice from him but no real warmth either and the way they're looking
00:47:42at me
00:47:43it isn't the way you look at a stranger who killed three rogues it's the way you look at something
00:47:47that was never supposed to surface again
00:48:00wake up nina damien just mind linked me that he and holly want to come talk to us at nine
00:48:06so if you don't want to see him we've got 30 minutes to get out i shoot up out of
00:48:09bed grab my
00:48:10packed bags and zach and i hit the road in my mother's old black charger
00:48:16we've barely cleared the pack border when zach's face tightens and his voice drops
00:48:25drive faster he's mind linking asking where we are
00:48:28zach's phone lights up damien's name on the screen i snatch it up he can command zach he has never
00:48:34once
00:48:34been able to command me what do you want damien we're a little busy living our own lives why didn't
00:48:41you wait for us why did you just leave like that save it you can't command me zach's out of
00:48:46range of
00:48:47your voice and frankly i don't want to talk to either of you i'll send warriors to drag you both
00:48:52back nina
00:48:53don't think you can leave me even if you're not my mate no one else gets to have you
00:49:00you'll be my second and you'll serve me
00:49:03and if you dare touch another male i'll come for you myself and throw you in a cell do you
00:49:08understand me
00:49:09i can hear holly screaming in the background telling him to let me go insisting she's the
00:49:14one who matters there's venom in her voice then damien says sweetheart you're going to be mine i
00:49:21even bought you a red gown just like the one from the ball and then to holly he snarls she's
00:49:26the love
00:49:26of my life you're at my side to keep up appearances but she'll be my mistress and you won't stop
00:49:31me
00:49:32the line goes dead with a click i sit frozen
00:49:36in our werewolf world rank is everything
00:49:55but more decisive than bloodline is the night the bond the moon goddess ties with her own hands
00:50:01the day a wolf turns 18 a single scent tells you who is meant to be yours
00:50:07and the graduation ball is the night every unmated 18 year old from the packs gathers in one place
00:50:13hoping to find the other half of the weight
00:50:23tomorrow night is the ball and my 18th birthday my whole heart is set on one thing
00:50:28that my mate is damien
00:50:32my name is nina the beta's only daughter the pax top female warrior trained since i was five
00:50:39my father wants me to take his beta's scent when he retires on one condition
00:50:44that i stop causing trouble
00:50:48nina no more fights what mate would want a wild rule-breaking girl and what alpha would ever want
00:50:53you at his side i just smiled because i grew up alongside damien our future alpha he's my best friend
00:51:11we've kissed now and then but i saved my first time for my mate and i hoped more than anything
00:51:18that it was him today damien and the others are going dress shopping i'm still doing my makeup
00:51:24when the horns start glaring outside and a fist pound pounds on my door nina if you don't get down
00:51:31here i'm taking the door i bolt downstairs grab my bag and swipe into the shotgun seat of damien's car
00:51:42like it's mine
00:51:47that seat's mine long legs faster reaction time in an emergency oh is that so
00:51:54you want to go around with me again and find out
00:51:58damien lets out a low growl from his chest
00:52:03and zach clamps his mouth shut
00:52:06holly is my best friend the gamm's daughter her brother trevor is damien's right hand and zach
00:52:12is a warrior's son that shotgun seat i've ridden in it for years
00:52:18everyone treats me as damien's girl i've always known i catch damien's eye his temper is as unwamed as
00:52:24his bad boy looks but with me he's always been gentle in the fitting room i slip into a deep
00:52:30red gown
00:52:31slip high up the thigh and step out my friend goes still i know exactly how beautiful i am and
00:52:38exactly how
00:52:39to make a room look damien growls every head turns away at once holly steps out in a short blue
00:52:46dress
00:52:46that shows off a flawless figure oh my god nina that dress was made for you thank you you look
00:52:54gorgeous too then damien's voice slides into my head kitten don't get too attached to that dress
00:53:00because tomorrow night i'm peeling it right off i fire back through the mind link who says i'll let
00:53:05you get that far but my cheeks are burning and some traitorous part of me is looking forward to it
00:53:11that night holly sleeps over so we can go to the ball together i toss and turn and a bad
00:53:17feeling i
00:53:18can't shake finally i tell her what if i'm not damien's mate what if he finds someone else that won't
00:53:26happen you two were born for each other and even if his mate turned out to be someone else he'd
00:53:32reject
00:53:32her for you i'd bet on it i hoped she was right but if it wasn't me i would never
00:53:37let him reject his
00:53:38mate it wouldn't be right because we're taught from birth that mates are bound by the moon goddess
00:53:44herself i couldn't stand in the way of that even if it broke my heart the night of the ball
00:53:49holly
00:53:49and i walk in together i'm scanning the crowd for my date damien when holly suddenly lifts her head
00:53:55breathes in and starts running i chase after her she's staring dead ahead and i follow her gaze
00:54:03to damien then i hear her say it mate my heart drops through the floor no no this can't be
00:54:12he's
00:54:13supposed to be my mate not holly's i freeze where i stand staring at damien as the whole world caves
00:54:20in
00:54:21around me that one word out of holly's mouth mate keeps echoing in my ears damien looks at me then
00:54:27at
00:54:27holly at a total loss trevor and zach have gone ratchet on either side shock written all over
00:54:33their faces
00:54:37holly stammers not knowing what to say or do everyone is waiting to see how i'll react
00:54:42damien takes a step towards me and suddenly we all hear a low growl
00:54:47he stops i turn my head holly has clapped a hand over her mouth a face full of shock
00:54:53she's the one who's riled i once told her everything i felt for damien she knows exactly
00:54:58how much i love him there's no way our friendship survives this holly's possessiveness over damien
00:55:03is already fierce she must be terrified he'll reject her and my heart breaks for him too she knows
00:55:08her own mate has fallen for another girl and that girl is her best friend in my head raven throws
00:55:13back
00:55:14her muzzle and howls as if she's giving voice to the pieces of my shattered heart i spin on my
00:55:19heel
00:55:19and run mid-stride i shift into my wolf curling every shout behind me into the wind i crawl into
00:55:26a cave wall off my mind shut out every mind link and cry myself to sleep for the best friend
00:55:32and the
00:55:33love i lost in the sleeping light then raven jolts awake and shakes me out of sleep wake up something's
00:55:40wrong in the distance snarls and the sounds of killing the heavy stench of blood floods my nose
00:55:47i race home through the night on the other end of the mind world my father's voice is almost
00:55:52to scream nina we're under attack get to the safe room now i scramble into the bunker beneath our
00:55:58kitchen and collapse onto the mattress outside the pax roars and death cries never stop i hug my knees in
00:56:05the dark and wait my heart in my throat then something inside me tears loose a pain ripped in
00:56:12my chest and a plant both hands over my heart and scream my mother is dead from far off my
00:56:17father's
00:56:17anguished towel reaches me
00:56:22i know no wolf survives the death of their mate my father won't make it either and then a second
00:56:27tear
00:56:27rips through my heart in a single night i've become an orphan i've lost everything i cry until i black
00:56:34out
00:56:37at dawn i stare blankly at the family photos lining the wall
00:56:40and then i snap and then i snap i smash every thing in my chest
00:56:45a pair of arms locks around my cup holding it tight
00:56:49i'm here nina it's in here it's in here
00:56:52it's in here
00:57:10i'm here to be a little bit of a necklace from around my mother's neck which was the gift i
00:57:13gave
00:57:14my parents for their 25th wedding anniversary i thread my parents wedding rings onto it and fasten it
00:57:20around my own throat i drift through that day in a daze zach comes over to cook for me but
00:57:27i can't get a
00:57:28single bite down
00:57:33the next day i make my way to the pack house i think i need to talk to damien after
00:57:38everything
00:57:38that's happened i have to understand what he's really thinking can i truly ask him to reject
00:57:43his mate for me could i reject my own mate for him it's all so wrong but i owe it
00:57:47to myself to hear
00:57:48him out the pain in his eyes had been so plain and if i could take even a little comfort
00:57:53from it
00:57:54maybe i could begin to make my peace with all of this just as i reach for the door it
00:57:59bursts
00:57:59open with a bang holly rushes out fucking mate bond cursing the mate bond under her breath
00:58:05she doesn't see me and hurries away i frown and the moment i step inside it hits me holly's scent
00:58:11tangled together with damien's two cents only ever blend like that after mating i go still for a
00:58:17heartbeat my mind is blank and then fury and grief come crashing in damien stares at me dazed and lost
00:58:24he clearly never expected me to come and that's when i see the fresh mark on his neck so all
00:58:28these
00:58:29years to him i was light as dust he cast me aside as fast as you'd throws out a piece
00:58:34of trash
00:58:36i only came to tell you within the week i'll be gone i formally renounce the beta position i was
00:58:43born
00:58:43to alpha damien the moment the words are out i turn and leave giving him no chance to get out
00:58:49a single
00:58:49word then damien reaches for me through the mind link i'm sorry nina i was wrong please forgive me i'll
00:58:55love you forever my heart gives one violent lurch and then with my own hand i sever the link i
00:59:01will not
00:59:02look back at dawn zach loads the luggage into the trunk this past week has been quiet he's decided to
00:59:10leave with me he won't let me go alone and he says he needs a change of scenery too i
00:59:17understand he used
00:59:18to be in love with holly we plan to pack today and set out at first light tomorrow i've heard
00:59:23the
00:59:23luna ceremony is a month or two off and i know damien and holly are already mated i can't wait
00:59:30to
00:59:30leave the old life behind and i'm certain my own mate isn't in this pack otherwise i'd have caught his
00:59:36scent
00:59:36by now i want to go out and find him wake up nina damien just mind linked me that he
00:59:44and holly want
00:59:45to come talk to us at nine so if you don't want to see him we've got 30 minutes to
00:59:49get out i shoot up
00:59:50out of bed grab my packed bags and zach and i hit the road in my mother's old black charger
00:59:57we've barely cleared the pack border when zach's face tightens and his voice drops
01:00:06drive faster he's mind linking asking where we are zach's phone lights up damien's name on the screen
01:00:12i snatch it up he can command zach he has never once been able to command me what do you
01:00:18want
01:00:18damien we're a little busy living our own lives why didn't you wait for us why did you just leave
01:00:25like that save it you can't command me zach's out of range of your voice and frankly i don't want
01:00:30to
01:00:30talk to either of you i'll send warriors to drag you both back nina don't think you can leave me
01:00:37even if you're not my mate no one else gets to have you you'll be my second and you'll serve
01:00:44me
01:00:45and if you dare touch another male i'll come for you myself and throw you in a cell do you
01:00:50understand
01:00:50me i can hear holly screaming in the background telling him to let me go insisting she's the one
01:00:55who matters there's venom in her voice then damien says sweetheart you're going to be mine i even bought
01:01:03you a red gown just like the one from the ball and then to holly he snarls she's the love
01:01:08of my life
01:01:08you're at my side to keep up appearances but she'll be my mistress and you won't stop me
01:01:14the line goes dead with a click i sit frozen
01:01:18zach shifts me over to the passenger seat jumps behind the wheel and flits it my head is a storm
01:01:27he wants to lock me up as his mistress keep me as a sex slave take me by force you
01:01:33okay
01:01:34i'm fine i will never obey him i'd sooner die fighting than set foot in that pack again
01:01:40in my head raven bears her teeth let him lay one finger on us and i'll bite off his manhood
01:01:48and
01:01:48feed it to him and watch him bleed out that's my wolf far away in the smoky mountain pack their
01:01:55future's
01:01:55heir wyatt gets an urgent report from the border rogue activity has spiked lately the young alpha to be
01:02:01frowns he doesn't yet know that those restless robes are all being drawn by a single scent and that the
01:02:07owner of that scent is at this very moment driving straight towards him the drive to smoky mountain
01:02:13park is close to 13 hours halfway there we pull over to let our wolves stretch we slip into the
01:02:20trees
01:02:20and shift raven and zach's wolf max break into a run wind pours through my fur the smell of pine
01:02:27washes
01:02:27over me and for a moment i really believe we're free then a dry branch snaps raven and max's ears
01:02:37shoot
01:02:37up a rotten swampy stench slides into my nose and i know it even though i've never smelled it before
01:02:43i just know three of them on the right three rogues burst from the brush teeth bared they didn't come
01:02:51to
01:02:51talk i drop low and raven's growl eclectic as we brace to fight the first one launches i catch its
01:03:00jaw in mid-air and work my head tearing flesh and sinew clean away the second circle toward max i
01:03:06grab
01:03:06it by the hind leg and slam it into a tree bronc a sharp crack its neck breaks by the
01:03:12time i turn back
01:03:13his face has already ripped out the third one's throat i've trained to fight since i was five
01:03:17three roads are nothing raven can't handle then three warriors and a woman step out of the shadows
01:03:22of the trees wary and searching what's going on here zach and i edge back half a step covering each
01:03:28other easy shift back i'm alex alpha of the redwood pack i mean you no harm zach and i trade
01:03:35a glance no
01:03:36malice from him but no real warmth either and the way they're looking at me it isn't the way you
01:03:42look at
01:03:42a stranger who killed three rogues it's the way you look at something that was never supposed to
01:03:46surface again