LOGINShe loved him in silence. Then the world made him her brother. Cassie Bennett has spent years quietly loving Zoren Marlowe, the future Alpha of Arlowe Pack and heir to Lunara Corps. When her parents die, the Marlowes adopt her, turning the boy she loves into her brother overnight. With this change, Cassie is forced to stifle those feelings. Desperate to secure pack alliances and protect what remains of her place, Cassie enters a contract marriage with Austin Riven, only to discover he and Katherine have been secretly involved the entire time. Austin treats her like a convenient nobody while draining her rare healing blood to keep Katherine alive. Broken, used, and pushed past her limit, Cassie collapses. The pack believes she is dead. She is not. With Zoren’s help, Cassie disappears and rises again under a new identity. Together they build a new identity. When she finally returns, the girl they discarded is gone. In her place stands a woman who knows exactly how much her blood, her power, and her heart are worth. And who is no longer willing to bleed for people who never valued her.
View MoreZOREN“There has to be another way.”I hear my own voice from far off. Adler stands across the bed with his glasses now pushed up into his hair and his hands open at his sides. He looks like a man who has already lost this argument with himself a dozen times.“Tell me there’s another way,” I demand.“Sit, Zoren,” Adler whispers. My feet refuse to move, and he exhales. “Please. Let me explain, and then you decide.”My knees weaken, but I don’t sit. I stay where I am, one hand on the bed rail and the other on Cassie’s ankle. If she can feel this, let her know I’m here. I’ll never leave again.Adler takes a breath. “Do you understand what her blood really is?” he asks.No. I’ve
ZORENAdler turns to me with a frown. “To your father?”“All of it. Use every vial and every dose.” I stare at the C on the label, and it blurs. “This is the last favor I do him as his son. It should be enough to keep Katherine alive for a year.”Cassie has bled enough.Adler nods slowly. “I’ll arrange the courier.”I nod and walk back to Cassie’s room. She is exactly as I left her. I pull a chair to the edge of the bed. The metal feet scrape the floor, and the sound is obscene in the silence. I sit, taking her hand in both of mine. She’s as cold as the vials. I hold her palm between mine and try to warm it.“Hey,” I whisper. “Hey, tiger.”She doesn’t move. She doesn’t blink.“You were s
ZORENThe drive back takes forty minutes, and I don’t remember a single mile of it. The facility is as active as when I left it hours ago. It hums with a low, clean note of ventilation and cold light. Every corridor smells of antiseptic and wolves.Adler meets me at the inner doors. He stares at my face like he can tell what happened with my family an hour ago, but says nothing. Except for the mild ache that throbs up my arm occasionally, my arm and shoulder are fine now.“Come with me,” he says.I follow him down a hall lined with glass. Behind the glass are the moonflowers. They sit in racks under blue lamps, their petals glowing faintly. A glow that only lasts a month and nothing more. Crestwood supplies a batch each month.“Tell me,” I say.“Zoren.”
ZORENLiora glances at me and swallows. My nose wrinkles as she dips her hand into her dress to retrieve the keys. Fenrir hisses in disgust, and I dry heave. How is this my wife?The key turns in the lock, and Liora opens the door. Dad glances between the two of us and enters. He looks older than he did at the hospital. His eyes drift to the suitcase at my feet, and he steps further into the foyer, keeping a safe distance between us.“Sit down, Zoren,” he says. “Let’s talk about this.”The command rolls over me in that heavy, familiar tone. Every muscle in my body twitches, wanting to obey. Fenrir rises as the old pull grows strong, fighting his Alpha.“No,” I growl, my voice inflected by Fenrir.Something shifts behind Dad’s eyes. As he leans forward, the pressure increases. He places a h












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