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Elena's Pov "I should be going," I said, tottering on unsteady legs. "It's late.""Think about what I said."Luna Margaret's voice trailed me to the door. "For your own sake. And perhaps for Andrew's too. Because if you stay and he does bind your power, if you become his weapon, you'll both lose something you can never get back."Clara and I walked silently back toward my room. The corridor seemed longer than before, the darkness deeper."She's wrong," Clara said finally. "You know that, right? Luna Margaret just wants you out of the way so Selene can have him.""Maybe.""But what if she's not?" My voice dragged. "What if Andrew has actually been using me?""He's in love with you. I've noticed.""You've seen him act like that."The words had been bitter in his mouth. "But what if it's not real? The book said that any Alpha who binds a Torres woman can control her power. What if that's all I am to him? A way to power?""Elena.""He marked me the same night we met, Clara. One night. An
Elena's POV"What are you doing up?"The voice of Luna Margaret sliced through the silence effortlessly. She was standing there holding the book in her hands and a smile dancing at the corners of her mouth. The same book that Andrew had wrested from my hands."I could ask you the same thing," I managed."I live here, dear."She tucked the book under her arm as if it were a cookbook. "You, on the other hand, are standing in the hallway crying. Trouble in paradise already?"The tears sliding down my face stung my skin, a betrayal. "That's none of your business," I hastily erased them."When it involves my son, it becomes my business."She took a step closer. "Let me guess: you found something you weren't supposed to see. Andrew got angry. Sent you away rather than explain."My silence was sufficient answer.Her smile spread wider. "Come. Come. Talk. Woman to woman." She invited us to a sitting area. "And Clara, you. She will need her family later. After this conversation.”All of me was
Elena's Pov*History reveals that when Alphas do bind Torres women, they become invincible. Alpha Marcus Blackwood bound the Torres heir in 1823 and acquired six territories in two years. Alpha Helena Nightshade bound one in 1756 and ruled the Eastern seaboard herself within a decade.**The only way to stop the bonding from happening is to ensure the Torres woman remains unwed until she is at least twenty-five years old. Once she has reached the point of completing her own growth cycles, her abilities can no longer be managed by anyone.**This is why the Covenant exists. This is why they hunt.**Since a Torres woman at full power takes orders from no one.**Not even the moon goddess herself.*The door slammed open.I jerked violently, holding the book to my chest. Andrew was standing in the doorway, but I'd never seen him this way before.His eyes were purely gold. Not the warm gold of lust or the gay gold of his wolf bursting to get out. This was hot, fiery, angry.And solely focused
Elena's POVI couldn't sleep.The images of Selene's cries ringing in my mind. The bloody finger clothed in cloth. The mysterious message about the wrong soul bearing the mark. They mingled together in my head to form some terrible dream from which there was no awakening.Andrew had insisted that I remain in his chambers again, but he was not there. He had left to mobilize the patrols, to question Selene again, to do everything an Alpha did when their pack members found themselves in inexplicable circumstances.I pided the room, the ring heavier on my finger as I moved from step to step. Was it cursed? Was that why the wendigo had taken Selene's finger? Because she had been wearing a copy?None of it made sense.My restless feet had me wander over to Andrew's bookshelf. Truthfully? Before this situation, of which everything was inexorably falling apart as it seams, I hadn't noticed them before. However, at the moment when neither sleep nor sitting still was possible, a scan of the boo
Elena's Pov "That's shadow magic,” the man said. "Someone cursed it. Made it wear out prematurely. Made your powers erupt out of control so you'd be willing to take help from anyone who would give it to you.”""Like you," Andrew said coldly."Or maybe whoever’s been whispering in your Alpha's mother's ear.” The man’s eyes moved to Luna Margaret standing at the edge of the gathering. "You can tell me, Margaret. Are you still taking the advice of that old friend of yours? The one who helped you negotiate the contract of Selene's family?""I don't know what you're talking about," Luna Margaret said, turning white-faced."Don't you?" The man's smile was cruel. "Funny how she arrived right when Elena's power began developing. And funny how she's been trying so hard to get Elena to part ways with Andrew. As if she's been instructed on the best ways to break the tie that safeguards Elena's safety.""Mother?" Andrew's voice was menacing. "Who is he talking about?""No one."Luna Margaret wou
Elena's POV"That's impossibleThe words came out flat. Dead. Because my father was dead. Had been dead for years. Everyone knew that."I know what I saw," Marcus said firmly. "Three wendigos lugging a man. And he cried out your name. He said his name was Victor Torres.""Could be a trick. Kael trying another angle," Andrew's hand clamped firmly onto mine."Or worse," Rowan said softly. "Old magic can work terrible things. Bring the dead back to life. enact illusions. If Elena's Gifting is emerging...""I didn't do this."But then came the doubt. What if I had? What if this power that I hadn't been able to control had somehow extended itself and pulled something back from wherever the dead things went?"We must see him," Andrew decided. "But carefully. Elena stays behind me. If this is a trap...""I'm coming." The necklace was hot in my hand. "If that's really my father, I need to know."We made our way to the border. The whole pack had congregated there, keeping their distance from







