Chapter 11Kane stood at the altar and felt completely hollow.That was the part no one had warned him about.Not the council. Not his advisors. Certainly not the political duty that had brought him here.He'd expected grief. He'd expected the phantom ache in his chest where his mate-bond had once been to become unbearable on the worst possible day.Instead, there was only numbness.The main hall was packed. It was even fuller than it had been six months earlier during the rejection ceremony.Every allied pack had sent representatives. Every council elder sat in the front row, wearing expressions of approval.Six months ago, Kane had shattered one bond in front of all of them.Today, he was standing here to forge another.He hadn't slept the night before.He'd spent the dark hours staring at the ceiling, replaying the conversation he'd overheard in the west corridor months ago.He'll never know the difference.By the time anyone figures out what really happened, it won't matter anymor
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