Vena.I stared at him, sure I had heard wrong.The words echoed in my head.Bear me a son, and I will grant you your freedom.For a second, I just knelt there on the cold stone, my wrists burning in the chains, my throat still sore from his grip, and I told myself I must have imagined it. Maybe I had hit my head harder than I thought in the forest. Maybe I was still unconscious, trapped in some nightmare my mind had created.But he was still there.Nikolai Kenji Ivanshov. Alpha of the Thornmoon Pack.Tall. Silent. Watching me with those pale green eyes that gave nothing away.He meant it. Every word.A dull roaring filled my ears. I had been born a breeder, raised as one, trained for it. Ever since I could walk, House Rose had shaped my life around one purpose. I knew what it meant to have my body turned into a commodity, my womb turned into a contract.That was what I ran from. I had run until my legs almost gave out, until my lungs felt like they were tearing, the moment I turned 2
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