“How dare you!”Alaric’s hand shot out, fisting the collar of my shirt and yanking me so hard my feet nearly left the floor. Pain lanced through my still-weak stomach, choking the breath out of me. I had no choice but to look up at the man who once swore to protect me.His eyes, once a deep, endless black, began to shift, burning into a molten gold. Fenrir—his wolf—was surfacing, his rage breaking free.“Do you want to humiliate me even more, Cassandra?” His voice was low and rough, but each word cracked like thunder.His Alpha aura pressed down on me until the air itself felt too thin to breathe. My body trembled, my chest tight, as though invisible hands were squeezing the life out of me.“S-stop… Alaric …” My voice came out with a pitiful whimper. My hands shook as I tried to push his arm away, striking him weakly, pleading for him to wake up. But his grip only tightened, draining the last of my strength.His eyes on me were cold—like I was no wife of his, just a stain on his honor.
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