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 she and Ulrik were mates, everyone would be

could cause a lot of mistrust

with Velda, they

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

“If he ever bullies you, tell me.

bad. Let’s

of her mother’s choice

her secrecy but didn’t

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these days, she’d only eaten her fill on the first day and today. Otherwise, she’d

a rare

life here were truly tough. It was admirable how her father

her mind–the unresolved issue with Ulrik. She hadn’t properly

could she

chosen for her had abandoned her shortly after carning battlefield glory, and was now seeking a bond with a she–wolf like Velda, would

her motives, thinking she was

the capital, she paid no

on the battlefield where her father and brothers had fallen, she couldn’t bear the thought of

Once Ulrik and Velda arrived with the reinforcements, her secret would

up, and the

alert. Her

asked through the

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