THE ALPHA MUST DIE
But from the weight of knowing that even now, after everything, Victor still haunted her blood.
Asher reached out. Gently, carefully, he took the ring from her hand.
“I’ll give the blood,” he said.
Her head snapped toward him. “What?”
“That’s what it needs, right? The blood of someone close. A tether.” He gave her a grim smile. “Well… I’m tethered, aren’t I?”
“No,” she said, voice sharp.
“I’m not asking.”
She stood, sudden, trembling. “You don’t understand. This thing doesn’t just take blood, Asher. It drinks the meaning behind it. If you give yours, it could unravel everything. It might take—”
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