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THE STARVATION TACTIC
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Vying For The Alpha's Heart THE LETTER
The bird that descended upon Ashwood Castle was not a delicate white dove carrying a ribbon.It was a hawk. A massive, scarred creature with feathers the color of dried blood and talons that looked capable of crushing a man’s skull. It didn't land gracefully on a perch. It dove from the sky like a missile and landed on the roasted pig in the center of the breakfast table with a wet thud and a screech that shattered glass.Servants screamed and scattered. Oreon stood up with his hand on his sword. Eltonia, standing by the sideboard, dropped a pitcher of water.Philia didn't flinch. She smiled."Ah," she said as she wiped grease from her mouth. "Mail call."She reached out, without a glove, and let the hawk hop onto her wrist. Its talons dug into her skin, drawing small drops of blood, but she didn't seem to notice. She untied the leather scroll case from its leg.The Great Hall was silent as she cracked the wax seal. It was black wax. The seal of the Stone Ridge War Council.Philia rea
Vying For The Alpha's Heart THE STARVATION TACTIC
The sun rose over Ashwood, but the mood was far from bright.Holly was locked in the tower. The "Saint" was gone. But the castle was still occupied.Philia’s army—three hundred strong—was camped in the valley and quartered in the barracks. And they were hungry."They ate the breeding sow," Gamma Kornel reported, standing in the Alpha’s study. He looked disgusted. "The prize pig. They roasted it on a spit in the courtyard at 3 AM."Oreon sat at his desk, rubbing his temples. Beside him, Kael stood staring out the window, his face grim. He was throwing himself into work to forget the sound of the tower door locking."They are locusts," Kael muttered. "If they stay another week, we will be eating boot leather by winter.""She won't leave," Oreon said. "Philia is comfortable. She has my bed. She has my wine. She has no reason to go.""We could fight them," Kornel suggested as his hand drifted to his dagger. "A night raid. Cut the head off the snake.""No," Oreon said firmly. "We just surv
Vying For The Alpha's Heart THE FALL OF LADY HOLLY
Holly’s feet kicked frantically at the air. Her face was turning a mottled purple, and her hands never stopped clawing uselessly at Philia’s leather gauntlet."Drop her!" Oreon commanded, stepping forward, though the Stone Ridge soldiers leveled their spears at him."She is a pest," Philia snarled, tightening her grip. "I am doing you a favor, Oreon. I am taking out the trash.""Stop! In the name of the Council! STOP!"Abram came running from the colonnade. He wasn't running with the grace of a noble; he was running with the desperate, sweaty panic of a man whose secrets were about to be choked out of a dying woman."Lady Philia!" Abram gasped and grabbed Philia’s armored elbow. "You cannot kill her! She is... she is not responsible!"Philia looked down at the advisor with disgust. She didn't let go of Holly. "She planted poison. She lied to a warlord. That feels responsible to me.""She is sick!" Abram shouted as he pointed at Holly’s bulging eyes. "Look at her! The hysteria! The par
Vying For The Alpha's Heart THE ALPHA’S DUEL (ROUND 2)
The fire in the grain silo roared. Ash rained down like grey snow.Philia stood like a statue of war with her massive hammer leveled at Oreon’s chest. Her slate eyes had no mercy in them."Last chance, little Alpha," Philia growled over the crackle of the flames. "Put the deserter down. Or I make you both part of the pavement."Oreon didn't flinch. He felt Eltonia trembling against his back, holding his tunic. He shifted his stance to cover her completely."I will not fight you with steel, Philia," Oreon shouted through the smoke.Philia scoffed. "Because you know you will lose.""Because you are being played!" Oreon roared back. "You call yourself a warrior? You call yourself a leader? You are nothing but a puppet!"The insult landed. Philia’s eyes narrowed. The tip of the hammer lowered an inch."Puppet?" she hissed, stepping closer. " careful, Oreon. I have killed men for less.""Then kill me!" Oreon challenged, spreading his arms. "But know that you are doing the dirty work of a
Vying For The Alpha's Heart THE JAILBREAK
The hour before dawn was the darkest. The castle was silent, save for the snoring of three hundred Stone Ridge soldiers and the heavy tread of the sentries on the wall.In the darkness of the scullery, a council of war was taking place."Fire?" Lyra whispered, looking gloomy. She wiped her hands on her apron, looking from Oreon to Kael. "You want me to set fire to my own kitchen stores?""Not the kitchen," Oreon corrected, keeping his voice low but urgent. "The external grain silo. The one near the East Wall. It’s mostly empty sacks and dry hay right now. It will burn fast, bright, and loud.""Philia’s army is obsessed with food," Kael added stiffly. He stood in the corner, looking at the floor. "If they think their supplies are burning, every soldier in the courtyard will run to save them. It will leave the path to the tower clear."Lyra looked at Kael. Her expression didn't soften. She looked at him like he was a stranger who had walked into her house uninvited."Fine," Lyra said, t
Vying For The Alpha's Heart THE WOLF UNCHAINED
The stables were chaotic. Guards were shouting, horses were stomping, and Philia was barking orders like a drill sergeant.But Oreon didn't hear any of it.He knelt in the straw of the back stall with his hands trembling over Eltonia’s unconscious form. She was pale, and had a nasty, purple bruise blooming on her temple where she had been struck. Beside her lay the damning burlap bag; the poison, the food, the evidence of "desertion."But Oreon’s nose told a different story.He leaned in close to her chest. He inhaled deeply.There it was. Under the smell of hay and blood.Rosewater.Expensive, unmistakable rosewater. It was soaked into the shoulder of Eltonia’s dress, right where someone would have grabbed her to drag her.Oreon’s vision went red. The Wolf roared in his ears, demanding retribution."Get her to the holding cells!" Philia shouted from the doorway. "Lock her up! I deal with deserters at first light!""Don't touch her!" Oreon snarled at the guards reaching for Eltonia."
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