LOGINI stared at her for what felt like minutes, but it was probably only seconds. “Mom…”
She shook her head, and a new tear fell. “I knew then I could never mate Vince. So I left. And I spoke with my father, as you spoke with me, and he said he would never make me mate with a wolf that held females so low. Low enough to use them while they were at their weakest and then kill them when he was finished with them. So when ever Vince had come looking for his mate, my father would always send me back home.”“How did you meet daddy?”My mom blushed at her thoughts, but a more frantic howl ripped through the air and I watched him deflate. “We should go.” She put out the fire and quickly put everything away. “Morgan will go berserk if we don’t show up soon.” She lifted her lip in disgust.“Can you handle the next four years?”“Yeah. Baby, I have to.” She waved me to the fronI left Lynn to think over what Megan had said. ‘You survived the worst…now what are you going to do to thrive in the life you have left?’ Her words echoed in my mind as I walked back to my room. Nix settled next to Megan. She suffered more than anyone should. I nodded as I walked. But she has come back and is rebuilding herself. Megan laid her head down on her paws. She is doing better than most. She closed her eyes. I don’t think I would have been able to survive that. Nix hummed her agreement. “I think that in situations like that, no one knows what they are truly able to do. Not until it’s happening and you have to find a way to keep your sanity.” I murmured as I opened the door. Rowan was walking out of the shower, freshly clean, and completely naked. “Hey.” He smiled as he stood there bare to the world, using the towel in his hands to dry his hair.I felt blood rush to my face, and I forgot to think as I stared at my mate. That was until I heard a scream from behind me. I jol
**Trigger Warning** This chapter will touch on abuse. (Physical/Mental/Sexual) Please be advised. If you can’t read that…skip to chapter -614She tried to pull away again. “I did go rabid.” Her confession shocked me. “I let my wolf take over and hid.” She shook, and I could see shame on her face. “You have always been nice to me…but I don’t deserve it.”“Lynn.” I stood and crouched in front of her chair. “I want you to look at me.” She shook her head as tears coursed down her face. I grabbed her cheeks and forced her to look at me. “You didn’t go rabid.” “I did.” She sobbed, and my heart broke for her. “I let my wolf take over.”“I do that all the time.” My confession had her reeling. Her back shot back against the chair, and her mouth and eyes grew wide. “What are you saying?” She grabbed at me while hushing me. “You can’t say that out loud.”“Why not?” I was very confused by her reaction. “My father always said that if we allowed our wolves to take over, then we are going rabid.”
**Trigger Warning** This chapter will touch on abuse. (Physical/Mental/Sexual) Please be advised. If you can’t read that…skip to chapter -614I squeezed her fingers. “What do you mean?”She pulled in a breath. “My wolf had broken the bond between his wolf and her, and I severed the bond so I didn’t feel the full pain of betrayal. I still felt it a little; that’s why it ate at me, but I was able to deal with it.” She looked up at the ceiling and gave a humorless laugh. “I keep beating around the hard stuff, trying to work up the nerve to say it, like it’s going to change it. But it won’t.”“Don’t rush yourself.” I whispered, but she shook her head. “After the first week, Derek started coming in to see me every day.” She refused to meet my eyes. “He hit me at first, after he tied me to a chair so I couldn’t fight back, of course. But then it was knives, wolfsbane in the wounds, then silver. Every time he came, and I didn’t react the way he wanted me to, she escalated.” I must have gasp
**Trigger Warning** This chapter will touch on abuse. (Physical/Mental/Sexual) Please be advised. If you can’t read that…skip to chapter -614I took another sip as she figured out how to go on. “No judgment.” I whispered when I saw the apprehension in her eyes. She nodded once. “His scent hit me once Shannon brought me to the pack house, and she noticed. I was trying to head to the Beta wing, but Shannon did everything to keep me away from it.” Lynn laughed. “That should have been the giant red flag I needed to see, but I just figured she couldn’t or wouldn’t insult Derek because of his rank.” Her eyes met mine. “I didn’t know his rank, obviously, but I thought…it was just because the scent led up to the ranked floors, you know.” I nodded. “Your thoughts weren’t wrong, for a normal unranked wolf that is, but this is Shannon we are talking about.”Lynn took a sip and chuckled. “I was so naive.” One of her hands wiped at her face. “Anyway. Shannon told me I could come back to the pack
“Lynn.” I caught up with her at her door. “Do you have a minute?”She turned to me and nodded. “Of course.” Her eyes were wary. “Come in.” She pushed into her room, a suite just like my own. She looked longingly at her bed, and I chuckled. “I promise I won’t take too long. I just wanted to check on you, without anyone listening.” She turned and raised one eyebrow. I winced as I sealed the room. “Sorry.” I chuckled as I sank into a chair. “I’m tired.” Lynn nodded. “I think after the last few days, we are all tired.” She sat across from me. “What did you want to talk about?”I rubbed my face. “How are you really doing?” I dropped my hand. “We haven’t had a minute to talk alone after everything that happened at the mating ceremony.”Her shoulders inched up. “I’m fine.” I leveled a look at her. “I am.” She looked away from me, and her body started to tremble. “I killed him, and now everything is fine.” She sounded like she was trying to convince herself more than me.“Do you want me to
Megan’s eyes snapped open. Not on my watch. I felt the magic release as she called out a spell. Corza lik ti fraa zen cornti pa. Nix nodded once. Smart girl. “Hat da uck.” Ronnie’s face was stuck in a grimace, so his words were slurred. I giggled, and his eyes snapped to me. “Sorry.” I took the time to focus on the guards in front of me. WAIT! Nix yelled before I released them. What? I felt my face fall. Before you release everyone, mind like the guards on Theo and Yarrow. Make sure they are still alive.Holy shit, I didn’t think of them. I nodded once. “Daddy, who is standing guard with Yarrow and Theo?” I asked, forgetting he was frozen.“Ica mo ni sha loctius.” His words were slow and deliberate, and I realized why as he got to his feet. “Why?”“You broke free.” I smiled as I winked at him. “Sorry I didn’t mean to freeze everyone. But Nix and I saw what was happening, and well…”“She acted before thinking, freezing everyone instead of picking specific people.” I nodded. “It h







