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.

when Ulrik and Velda arrived with the reinforcements and everyone still thought she and

it could cause a lot of

feuding with Velda, they were

could speak, someone said, “Ulrik’s lucky to have a fierce she–wolf like Adelaide as

bullies

bad.

her mother’s choice silenced

her secrecy but didn’t

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on the first day and

rare

here were truly tough. It was admirable how her father and brothers had persevered for years

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

could she broach

them that the mate her mother had chosen for her had abandoned her shortly after carning battlefield glory, and was

she

paid

she couldn’t bear

truth would come out. Once Ulrik and

the snoring around

alert.

hearing any bugle call, asked through the

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