A Female Alpha’s Revenge

Chapter 45

Third Person’s POV

Adelaide gasped, a shiver running down her spine as pain prickled her neck.

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She fought the urge to reveal her wolf ears, but her nails dug half–moon trenches into her palms.

“Alpha Lance, it hurts,” she said, her voice deeper than usual, a barely noticeable tremor betraying her discomfort–not from his rough touch, but from the “mates” talk.

As the Frostfang Pack heir, she’d been taught, “Vulnerability only shows when wounds scab.”

“Haha!”

Alpha Lance’s laughter shook the tent. “So delicate! Wait till you taste a bear’s warhammer on your shoulder–that’s real pain!”

His slap on her shoulder was rough yet familiar.

Adelaide wasn’t one could not endure hardships, but the cold had left her skin raw and sensitive.

Lance’s calloused fingers felt like needles.

After his jest, Lance said, “We’ll capture Frostbite Town before reinforcements arrive, then face them in the final battle. Adelaide, I expect great things from you and Ulrik on the battlefield.”

Adelaide thought for a moment and felt she really ought to tell everyone about the end of her mating bond with Ulrik.

and everyone still thought

cause a

Velda, they

to have a

bullies you, tell

be that bad. Let’s not gossip

mother’s choice silenced

Lance sensed her secrecy

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days, she’d only eaten her fill on the first day and today. Otherwise, she’d been half- starved, sleeping heavily despite

after a rare full meal, sleep

tough. It was admirable how her

was something that weighed on her mind–the unresolved issue with Ulrik. She hadn’t properly explained her situation to

could she broach

she told them that the mate her mother had chosen for her had abandoned her shortly after carning battlefield glory, and was now seeking a bond

her motives, thinking she was

paid no

brothers had fallen, she couldn’t bear

the truth would come out. Once Ulrik and Velda arrived with the reinforcements, her secret would

sat up, and the snoring

soundly yet alert. Her movement had immediately roused

any bugle call, asked through the curtain,