#Livia’sPOV The cold bit into my skin long before the silver did. Heavy iron shackles weighted my wrists,binding my hands behind my back as two pack guards dragged me toward the high stone platform at the center of the square. Every step I took left a red smear in the pale dust. The silver was laced through the chain links to suppress my wolf’s bloodline.Today my mate will sentence me to death. The thought alone should have terrified me instead, it left a hollow ache where my heart used to be. Inside my chest, my wolf scratched at the back of my mind, her whimpers fading into a dull, thrumming ache. Her voice was thin, choked by the poison in the metal.“Mate…” She whispered, her presence recoiling from the burning silver. Where is he?“I'm here.” I answered silently, though I wasn't sure whether I was comforting her or myself.The town square of the Black Moon Pack was suffocating. Thousands had gathered under the dim gray sky, their shoulders pressed tight while their murmurs rose
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