The Price Of Fate
Elaine didn’t back down.
“It has everything to do with power,” she said. “You cannot even hear yourself anymore.”
Alpha Ethan took a step closer to her, and the air between them turned charged, old history crackling like fire.
“Our bond,” he said, and his voice lowered again, rougher now, “was an answered prayer for me.”
My chest tightened painfully.
Bond.
He meant it the way mates meant it.
Not romance.
Not desire.
Fate.
The Moon’s thread.
Elaine’s expression flickered, just for a moment, something like grief crossing her face before she shoved it away.