84-Forward

Once Temperance released her daughter, they all marched over to where Marissa is bound, kneeling in front of the fire burning the rogue bodies.

“You lead all of them to their deaths,” Nova says, pulling Marissa’s hair back, forcing Marissa to look her in the eye. “You thought I was weak. I guess throwing you over a patio wall wasn’t lesson enough.”

“How did you overcome so many? We send 90 after you,” Marissa lets tears fall as she stares at Nova.

“You thought I was weak and that is why I never trained, You thought I was helpless without my Alpha family or mate. You thought I was the easy target. But, you see, you don’t know me. If you did know me, you would know I am not now, nor have I ever been, weak. Only underestimated,” Nova smiles slightly. “And you miscalculated.”

“I loved him before you,” Marissa whines. “I loved him without a bond telling me to.”

“You could have had the perfect life with Rhys. You could have been happy. But now you over played your hand. Oliver never loved y