Chapter Ten

: Very good Feilan. You are such a smart little Alpha. Now I will be even more impressed if you can figure out why my dear father gave me such a punishment. :

I clung to Kane, looking up at him with wide eyes and wondering if he could feel my panic down the mate bond. All I got from him was the lingering feelings the meeting elicited in him. With the Alpha talking to me I assumed he somehow managed to block out my emotions from transferring down the mate bond. It was a terrifying thought.

: You can’t ignore me forever, sooner or later, you and that beautiful wolf of yours, will give in and accept that I am meant to be more to you. Mani has seen to it, my dear Feilan. :

I shivered as his voice slithered through my mind, the taste of him thick on my tongue. The heat of a golden chain fashioned by the gods, the thick winter air, the crisp aching cold of the wind, and the unique taste of moonlight and molten rage mixed with damp leaves. There was no other way to describe his taste and I