The Alpha's Abandoned Mate
It sat there, a rude truth lodged in a man who had tried to outsmart ruin.
“Of course,” he snarled, half laugh, half fury. “Of course it doesn’t kill me.”
Sienna’s eyes widened, at him, at the blade, at the silver refusing mortal rules. Behind them, the gate boomed, hinges shrieking their last. Eamon shouted retreat; Kael roared advance; the moon poured a new river of light across the field and dared them all to drown.
Ryder grabbed the hilt and wrenched. Pain exploded white. The blade came free. The wound did not close. It didn’t have to. The curse held him together like a cruel seamstress basting a man with wire.