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Her mouth opened as if to respond, trembling on the edge of speech, but only a broken breath emerged instead of actual words.I gripped her hip with bruising force, hard enough to make her whimper with discomfort. The sound sent dark pleasure racing through my veins, satisfying something primitive in both man and beast.I ground my thigh higher between her legs, increasing the pressure until she couldn’t possibly ignore the contact. Her body betrayed her immediately—an involuntary arch that pressed her more firmly against me, her breath hitching sharply, her nails digging into the fabric of my shirt.Not pulling me away. Not pushing me back. Just holding on as if she needed the anchor to keep from drowning.My wolf roared in triumph at the evidence. *Yes. She feels it too. The connection, the pull, whatever this is—she’s experiencing it just as intensely.*But I knew better than to be fooled by simple phy

Selene didn’t wait for me to reinitiate the conversation. *You think hiding me will keep you safe?* Her tone had shifted from amused to something harder, more serious. *Look at him clearly for once. Look at the Alpha you’ve been forced to marry. He doesn’t need an excuse to break you—he does it for sport, for entertainment, because your pain somehow soothes whatever wound your father left in him. If he discovers my existence by force instead of because you chose to reveal it, the consequences will be far worse. For both of us.*“Then stay hidden,” I whispered harshly, glancing around to make sure no guards were close enough to hear me talking to myself like a madwoman. “If you truly care so much about our survival, then stay quiet. Don’t interfere with my decisions again. Let me handle him the way I’ve been handling him.”*By cowering?* Her voice dripped with something that might have been disappointme

The statement slammed into me with enough force that my lips parted in shock, but no sound emerged for several seconds. When I finally found my voice again, it came out barely above a whisper.“That’s not possible. That can’t be true. They were bound to each other. Everyone knows it. The entire realm spoke of their connection. They loved each other deeply.”*Yes,* Selene admitted without hesitation. *They were lovers. Deeply entangled emotionally. They cared for each other genuinely. But the mate bond—the sacred thread that ties soul to soul across lifetimes, the connection that transcends choice or logic? It never lit between them. Not once.*I stared blankly at the floor, “You’re lying. You have to be lying to me for some reason I can’t understand.”*Why would I?* she countered, her voice patient and steady. *What would I possibly gain from telling you this particular lie? I don&rsquo

The cloak seemed to burn in my hands as if it were physical evidence of some crime I was committing just by carrying it through these hostile corridors.*Walk taller,* Selene whispered inside my head, her tone smooth and commanding in a way that made my spine want to straighten. *You are not dirt beneath their boots, no matter how they look at you. Do not give them the satisfaction of seeing you cower like a beaten animal. Make them wonder what you’re thinking behind those careful eyes.*I stiffened my shoulders with deliberate effort, forcing my chin higher even though the gesture felt unnatural after months of keeping my gaze fixed on the floor. My heartbeat thudded loudly in my ears as I turned the corner that led toward the wing where Karl’s chambers were located.The guards stationed at the end of the hall glanced my way with the kind of assessment that all soldiers seemed to possess, but they made no move to stop my progress or question

Kael’s laugh vanished as swiftly and completely as it had appeared, cut off like a candle flame being snuffed between wet fingers.His expression transformed into something carved from stone, all traces of dark amusement erased and replaced with the kind of cold rage that was infinitely more dangerous than hot anger could ever be. His eyes blazed with fury, yes—but beneath that surface emotion lurked something darker and sharper, something that promised suffering beyond simple physical pain.This was the kind of wrath that could strip flesh from bone without laying a single finger on its victim, that could destroy someone’s entire existence through nothing but the force of will and absolute authority.I instinctively shrank back against the wall, clutching Karl’s cloak tighter to my chest as if the fabric might somehow protect me from the violence that was about to erupt. My stomach twisted itself into knots as I watched the m