BloodBound Crown
Kael had been wrong.
He hadn't found her at the auction. Not really. What stood on that platform, held upright by guards who gripped her arms like she might collapse without their support, was a ghost. A shell. The *her* he needed to see was still locked somewhere deeper, and his wolf—gods, his wolf—*demanded* he find her.
But first, he had to survive the next few minutes without ripping every throat in this chamber.
The golden collar gleamed obscenely against her pale skin, catching the torchlight like a promise. Or a threat. Kael's eyes tracked lower, and his rage crystallized into something cold and surgical.