LOGINI freeze for a second.“You…” I whisper in disbelief.One of the Academy instructors. Or at least, what used to be him. The creature standing before me now is nothing but a monster without a mind or heart.He lets out a savage roar and swings his sword toward my neck.CLANG!I block the attack with
ALARIC POV“No.” Maeve’s voice comes out choked.She turns toward me and shakes her head. Fear is written all over her face. Even her hands are trembling from the shock.I grab Maeve’s hand and nod firmly. “Go. Now.”“I can’t. You and the others could get infected by the parasites. You know what tho
“What if all of this ends tomorrow, Alaric?” I suddenly ask. “What if Uncle Garson really dies tomorrow morning?”Alaric’s hand stops moving across the blade of his sword. He stares at me beneath the dim firelight.“Then tomorrow afternoon, we leave the capital behind,” Alaric answers without hesita
MAEVE POVI swallow hard and return Alaric’s stare without blinking. I force every last ounce of courage inside me to lie to my own mate.“Because I thought the process was going to kill me,” I answer quickly. I make sure my voice trembles slightly. “The pain was unbearable, Alaric. I thought I wasn
Our mate bond is forced wide open, tearing down every mental wall we possess. Something crashes violently into my consciousness.Emotions that are not mine.It is Alaric’s mind. I can hear his voice echoing inside my head as if he is screaming directly into my ear.“I won’t let you die! I don’t care
MAEVE POV“You have less than forty-eight hours before Alpha Garson places the crown on the fake princess’s head.”Dorian’s voice cuts through the tension still lingering between Alaric and me.I quickly pull my cloak tighter around myself, my breathing still uneven. Alaric stands tall in front of m
DORIAN POVI can faintly hear the pounding of boots and the howls of guards echoing up from the lower floors, filling the corridor behind me. Alpha Ezra isn’t playing around. He’s mobilized an entire battalion of instructors and guards just to hunt down one student and one Sword Bearer, now branded
“Alaric, I—”“I tortured myself every single night because I thought I wanted a weak male Alpha!” he cuts in harshly. “My instincts and my logic kept tearing each other apart because of your lies!”I lower my head, unable to answer.“Since when did that Duskborne bastard know you were a woman?”The
MAEVE POVMy hands tremble as I clutch the black cloak wrapped around my body. Alaric’s stare pins down every last piece of my sanity. The pressure of his presence crushes against my chest until I can barely breathe.He cages me between his massive body and the cold stone wall. His scent surrounds m
Or maybe she thinks I’ll change my mind and hand her over to the academy executioners.But my hold never loosens.Because the girl in my arms belongs to me.Orin howls triumphantly inside my soul. “She’s a she-wolf! Our mate. Ours, Alaric! That damned secret is finally gone!”But my anger as a man b







