Her thirst for vengeance
he said, “that she needs to be bound to someone stronger. Someone with the power to amplify what she carries. Someone like the Alpha.
My stomach dropped.
No.
No, no, no—
“Hector is not related to her,” I said immediately, shaking my head. “They were fated mates once, yes, but that does not make them family.”
Marcellus’ smile widened.
“Oh, but it can,” he said.
And then—
“Hector can become her family… if he marries her.”
Everything inside me went still.
Completely and Utterly Still.
I couldn’t breathe, I couldn’t talk and I couldn’t even move.