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SONYA'S POVReign and I are on our way back from the lake when his phone suddenly rings through the car’s speakers."Alpha," Landon's voice fills the car, tense. "We have a situation."Reign's entire demeanor hardens. "What kind of situation?""The kind with blonde hair and a restraining order she's currently violating." There's a pause. "Vanessa's at the estate. She won't leave until she talks to Sonya."Oh, hell no.What does she want now?"Call the guards," Reign growls. "Have her removed.""Already tried. She's threatening to make a scene in front of everyone. Says she has information Sonya needs to hear about you. About Elara's death."The car swerves slightly as Reign's hands tighten on the wheel. "That manipulative bitch.""What information?" I ask, my stomach dropping."Nothing true," Reign says, but I catch the flash of worry and guilt in his eyes. "Vanessa's desperate. She'll say anything to drive a wedge between us.""Then let her say it." I turn to face him, my voice firm.

REIGN'S POVI'm three whiskeys deep and contemplating breaking every piece of furniture in my office when Landon walks in."Still brooding, Reign?" he asks, helping himself to my liquor cabinet."Fuck off.""That's the spirit." He pours himself a drink and settles into the chair across from my desk. "So, Vanessa really went for the nuclear option.""She told Sonya about the curse." I drain my glass and immediately pour another. "Made it sound like I've been using her this whole time. Like everything between us is just manipulation.""Well… you did manipulate her into signing that contract.""Whose side are you on, Lan?""Yours. Always." Landon leans forward. "But that doesn't mean I can't point out when you fuck up. And keeping the curse a secret? Definitely a fuck up.""I was going to tell her.""When? After she broke it? After she fell for you and had no choice but to stay?" He shakes his head. "You're my best friend, Reign, but sometimes you're your own worst enemy."Fuck.I know h

VANESSA'S POVI scream immediately, scrambling away from Hector as wood splinters across the room. Just then, a man steps through the wreckage, tall and dark-haired, with eyes that radiate violence.Everything about him screams danger.Oh goddess.Shit.It's Zane Rivers.What the hell is he doing here?!Oh fuck. Oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck."Well, well," Zane says, his voice smooth as silk and twice as deadly. "Looks like I interrupted something.""Who the fuck are you?" Hector demands, already shifting partially, his claws extending.My heart is pounding so hard I think it might burst out of my chest. "Zane, what are you doing here? We had a deal…""A deal you just violated, Vanessa." He steps further into the room, and I notice the gun in his hand. Casual, like it's just another accessory. "You were supposed to plant the seed of doubt and walk away. Instead, you made a whole fucking scene.""I did what you asked!" I'm fumbling for my clothes now, desperate to cover myself. "I broke th

SONYA'S POV"More real than anything I've felt in three years," Reign says honestly, his gaze steady and unflinching. "You're… you're my mate, Sonya. And I know I should have told you about the curse. About your bloodline. I was wrong to keep that from you. But everything else, the way I feel when you're near, the way you make me want to be better, the way I'm completely fucking obsessed with you, that's all real.”"How do I know that's not just the mate bond talking?" I ask, my brow furrowed."Because we haven't completed the mate bond yet,” he replies sincerely. “We haven't sealed it. Which means what I feel? It's all me. Not fate, not destiny, not some magical connection. Just me, wanting you so badly it's driving me insane."The words settle over me like a weight, heavy with meaning.He's right. We haven't completed the bond. Meaning the pull I feel toward him, the way my body responds, the way I can't stop thinking about him even when I'm furious... that's not supernatural compul

ZANE'S POVI drop the unconscious omega onto the basement floor like a sack of grain, watching her head loll to the side. Her red hair spills across the concrete, and there's a thin line of blood on her throat where Angus held the knife.Perfect."Careful with her," Ravenna says from the doorway, descending the stairs with that hypnotic sway of her hips. "We need her intact for the ritual.""She's fine." I grab a metal chair from the corner and haul Sonya into it, zip-tying her wrists with practiced efficiency. "Just a little roughed up. Adds to the ambiance."Ravenna laughs, that dark, throaty sound that first drew me to her five years ago in a shithole bar out in the outlands, both of us nursing wounds from the Savage family. We bonded over hatred and whiskey, then over something much more carnal."You’re a menace, Zane." Ravenna murmurs."Your favorite one."“I wouldn’t want you any different.” She runs her fingers through my hair as she circles behind me, her breasts pressing aga