"If you think the law of the Blackwynd Moon Dominion is too soft, speak to me directly!" Vickon’s rumble freezes the courtyard, dark, lethal pressure pinning every warrior to the floorboards.Elira’s blood-caked forehead twitches against the cold stone as she shivers, completely undone.Before she can spin another lie, Vickon swoops down, scooping me out of my wooden wheelchair into his iron-armored chest, striding toward the war-carriage in massive, brutal steps.I rest my face against his neck fur, my claws curling softly into his leather vest as my uninjured leg swings over his forearm. Looking back over his broad shoulder, I catch Elira picking herself up off the stone steps. Her trembling tears are gone. A dark, triumphant smirk plays across her bloody lips as she wipes her forehead with a sleeve.She didn't come to win her daughter back. She came to draw blood in front of the pack, setting a trap.My wolf growls low in my chest, suspicion flaring hot and fast.Inside the carriag
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