ELENA’S POVAlpha Alaric must have been pleased with Bella’s plea because he shoved her away, turning to face me with pea-black eyes that had been darkened by his blood lust.“The next time I ask for your hand, Elena Wolfe. The answer will be yes or I will make sure I morph you into one of those senseless beasts that patrol the castle, understood?” Alaric’s gravelly voice roared as his claws tore through my hair, pulling tautly until small stars exploded in my vision.“Please!” I shrieked, clutching at air before the man shoved me roughly to the floor and I banged my chin hard against the stony ground. The guards clamped the heavy chains around my ankles and wrists, binding me against the grooves in the wall before I heard the wolves shuffle out and the heavy metal door bang noisily behind them.Gone…they were all gone!My heart thrummed desperately inside me as I glanced hurriedly around the room, and hope burst inside me when I noticed the large metal grate above my head that let i
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