The Alpha's Refusal
Elara’s POV
The copper tang of blood was sharp, hot, and electric. As our lips collided in a clash of teeth and raw fury, something deeper than the physical body snapped into place.
The Blood-Bond.
It wasn't a clear vision, but a sudden, violent surge of emotion that wasn't my own. Through the press of his mouth, I felt a wave of crushing exhaustion, a suffocating pressure that felt like iron bands tightening around my chest. For a fleeting second, I caught the flickering image of gray-bearded Elders snarling over ancient parchments, their voices like vultures picking at a carcass. I felt a flicker of Rhys’s doubt, the impossible geometry of keeping this Citadel from collapsing under its own
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