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The moment blood touched my tongue, the mark on my right shoulder throbbed. A rush of power and pleasure moved through me. I wanted to press my skin against Ronan's. I needed that contact. Ronan made a low sound that was so close to Blaise's that, for a second, I almost forgot which brother I had just marked.   It was easy to remember how it had felt when Blaise and I marked each other. Then I had been lost in passion while Blaise touched me without pause. It made sense that most marking rites ended in more. How else could anyone let those feelings out?   I was set on keeping this chaste with Ronan. I pushed down the raw urge that wanted me closer to him. I was not some mindless creature. I had a clear head and another mate waiting.   Thinking of Blaise steadied me. Ronan and I were fully dressed, and I meant to keep it that way. I had no plan to lie bare with Ronan, not while I still did no

Third point of view   "Is that a threat, Alpha Ronan?" Alpha Natan growled. He slammed his hands on the desk and stood, shaking with anger.   Ronan only smiled, a cold grin with no warmth in it. He tipped his head to one side as if he were a boy asking a simple question, and still that smile stayed. The look alone could send a chill through anyone.   "If you take it that way," Ronan said, not blinking.   He crossed one leg over the other and laced his fingers over his knee. He looked at ease. Alpha Natan was the one who seemed uneasy.   "I would call it a business proposal," Ronan went on. "I gave you terms. You refused them. So I will do what I planned from the start. You chose whether it would be peaceful or not."   Alpha Natan scoffed. The sound grew into a laugh, then a full, shaking one. He shoo

KAELA My rough attempt at rest broke when rage flooded me, as if something long held back had burst open. Hatred and anger poured through. My eyes went wide and I jumped to my feet, ready to fight. I did not know who the anger was meant for, only that it had to go somewhere.   Lucien came to me and caught my arm. I shook him off and snarled before I saw who I was turning on. Heat rose in my face and I forced myself still.   "It was Ronan, wasn't it?" Lucien asked. He was not angry. He was only worried. "What was he feeling?"   "Angry. Very angry. Like he wanted to kill someone," I said, my voice unsteady.   Ronan's bloodlust had not faded, but I was starting to bear it. I had never felt anything this strong. With Blaise there had been joy and pain and worry and fear, but never this raw fury through the bond. It left me reeling, as if I had waded to

A commanding figure came through the doors as if he had all the time in the world.   It was Ronan.   He lifted a hand, and ice began to form in the air. Spears of it took shape from nothing. He drove them through the rest of the shooters as if he were striking down men who had no right to stand.   What was I seeing?   I could only watch as Ronan turned the fight by himself. I met his icy blue eyes and relief ran through me. He was unhurt. The worst had not happened. He was just as glad I was still on my feet. Then he saw Lucien on the ground at my feet, broken and bleeding, and the same rage rose again.   This time I felt it with him. Ronan's fury was no longer strange. It felt like something I could use.   I wanted them to pay. I needed it.   "Go check on your alpha, y

"How indeed..." I bit the inside of my mouth.   Wonderful. My view of my father could still fall. He had been a wretched father, a poor alpha, and a traitor to wolves. There was almost no part he had not failed. It was almost impressive, how set he had been on being the worst man he could be.   And I carried half his blood. Ugly thought. My mother must have been far gone when she chose him.   "So all this time... you were destroying packs that sided with vampires?" I asked, to be sure. I did not want to think the worst of Ronan, but there was a slim chance he only wiped packs out because they would not bow to him.   Ronan nodded. "That, and those that set themselves against Nightreign. Wolves have to stand together against a shared enemy."   I snorted under my breath. It was odd how he said us when I was human. I still had another