Wolfsbane

Caden cut him off with a look. He stepped around the desk and stood close enough that he could have counted my lashes. “You lie worse than you cook.” he said quietly. “Do not insult me at the same time.”My mouth went dry. The bond tugged hard, a panicked animal inside my ribs. “I’m not lying.”Mari breathed like a warning bell. Kade’s hand curled, the tendons in his wrist standing out.My father held my stare a beat longer, then looked away, his jaw working. He turned back to the desk and tapped the brand on Bran’s cloth with one blunt finger. “We found this same mark on a rogue carcass near Alder Creek last month. I kept it quiet to avoid panic. Tonight is too coincidental.”“Alder Creek is three days from here.” Kade said.“Yes.” Caden’s gaze flicked to the maps. “Someone is pushing rogue wolves toward our borders. I don’t think its Blackt

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Say His Name

Chapter 8 — Say His NameThe office was too small to hold all the silence, it was suffocating.My father’s gaze pinned me, sharp and unblinking. The mark on my palm burned like it wanted to betray me itself. Bran stood just inside the door, smug and breathing too hard, holding out the tuft of black fur like a trophy.The scent of cedar and rain filled the room, Kael.“Say his name, Rhea,” my father said again. He was so calm and deadly.The bond yanked hard in my chest, desperate, pleading. My wolf shoved against my skin, whimpering for me to protect him, to protect us.I opened my mouth, then closed it.“Alpha,” Kade cut in, his voice sharp, too fast. “Fur proves nothing. Black wolves aren’t rare. Cedar grows everywhere on the ridge. Rogues could have rolled in it. Bran is reaching, searching for anything to fit his narritive.”Bran’s smile widened. “Convenient defense, Lieutenant. You smell that, don’t you? You know who smells like that.My heart seized.Mari stepped forward, her b

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Secrets

We slipped into the hall, the door closing heavy behind us. The packhouse hummed with low voices, shadows moving along the walls.Mari grabbed my wrist, pulling me into a corner. “You can’t keep lying forever,” she whispered fiercely. “It’ll tear you apart, and eventually, your father will find out.”“I don’t have a choice,” I whispered back. “If I give him Kael’s name, there will be a war before dawn.”Kade’s face was pale with fury. “Bran’s already circling. If he finds proof…”“Then I pray he doesn’t,” I said, though my voice cracked.The bond throbbed again, hot, angry. Kael’s wolf brushed against me in the dark, a growl in my bones. He had felt it all…the denial, the lie, the pain. My stomach twisted.Mari’s hand tightened on mine. “Secrets tear you apart.” she echoed Bran bitterly. &ldq

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Wolfsbane

Say His Name

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