Lyra howled inside me, torn between the mate bond and the sound of our pack dying. I looked down at my mother's lifeless body, her blood still warm on the floor, then back into the eyes of her killer.I laughed, the sound sharp and hollow, disbelief cutting through the ache in my chest.“So I go with you either way,” I said, fists clenching at my sides. “That’s not much of a choice.”“Those are your only options,” he replied with a careless shrug.I stared at him, rage simmering beneath my skin.“And how am I supposed to trust that you’ll keep your word? That you won’t come back and finish what you started?”His expression didn’t change. “I’m an Alpha,” he said. “I don’t break my word.”The weight of it pressed down on me, heavy and suffocating. I let his words sink in, knowing the truth even as I hated it. This wasn’t a choice. It never had been. I would do anything to protect my pack.Slowly, I lifted my head and met his gaze.“I accept your terms,” I said, squaring my shoulders, for
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