Elroy searched in my eyes for a moment before apparently deciding I was telling the truth (or maybe just figuring he would be able to catch me if I tried anything). He leaned back slowly, releasing my arm, and I kept my eyes on his as I closed the car door. Elroy looked pleased.“Good,” he said, tur
I had been monumentally stupid. Since Damian had accepted our Bond in the sacred ceremony and I wasn’t able to cut it off entirely, he had access to me through it. It wasn’t as powerful as a Bond accepted by both parties, but it was enough.Of course, now that I knew this I couldn’t leave the Bond a
There might be other ways to break the bond. There was no other way to feel my mother’s embrace.Damian could feel the moment my mind was made up, my determination echoing through the Bond, and he jumped to his feet with a roar. I didn’t flinch, but many of the other customers did.“Give it to me!”
I stared up at Elroy in shock. To invoke the Alpha—it was the only way to fight someone without their Fated Mate being injured as well, but it was also the most serious of all challenges. It was a gift from the Goddess, a privilege for Alphas alone, but the price for failure was astronomical.Elroy
No, frankly, the outcome was certain. Damian was smart, and quick on his feet, but he wasn’t going to win. There was nothing there to question, nothing to worry about.So why was I worried?Was I…actually concerned about Elroy? I shook my head at myself. That was just stupid—but I couldn’t deny tha
From Inside the RingElroy’s wolf was displeased. No, actually, Elroy’s wolf was enraged.This man, this worm, hurt his Luna, broke her heart, tried to take her from him, and now couldn’t even stand on his own merit in front of the Goddess? Elroy snarled, clearing his eyes of the blue haze just in t
But of course that was all false, because the moment I realized there was blood leaking through his shirt I glared at him and he confessed everything. “It’s just a cut along my side,” he said nonchalantly. “It’s not pretty but it’ll be healed by morning.”“It would heal by morning,” I hissed, “if it
And that’s how I ended up horizontal with Elroy for the second time—though this time was much less…enthusiastic. We laid together above the covers, fully clothed, as I let Elroy rest his hand gingerly just above my waistband. Right over our baby.Elroy’s hand was large, warm, and heavy, and it was s