Chapter 25

I shift in the center of the cabin, let my wolf brush by Leah, and then I head into the valley at a full-out run.

I’m not sure even the miles I roam tonight will be enough. I may have to hunt.

My wolf is nearly feral-he’s angry and volatile. A tangle of rage and passion. If I stayed in my human form, I would’ve done something dumb.

Like killing Leah’s father.

Or taking out some of my anger on her, for what she’d done.

But most of my anger-the real depth of my rage- is aimed only at myself.

I forced us into this situation.

I called Leah’s bluff and left her with no recourse other than to

sell herself.

And while I wanted my wife’s loyalty, no, I demanded it, there

is no real bond or loyalty at all, if it is coerced.

I hate that we have come to this.

And I don’t see any way to fix it.

Maybe I should’ve let her go and just let the chips fall where they will.

Her father’s pack is vast and powerful, but in the last decade, my Alpha powers have surpassed his. Where we have thrived

lax. Instead of using the peace to build, they’ve partied and squandered.

their financial holdings-something I’ve taken advantage of.

Robert had been a fierce opponent,

spiral in the wake of his Luna’s death. Sometimes, I

was so quick to get

Because Roberts didn’t just drown his sorrows or party to forget, his grief pushed him

fraction of what he once

doubt I could

him and been

with Leah, to let my temper cool, so I don’t explode.

one of my

wants to survive, if he

back to, then he’ll shut his mouth, take his punishment like an Alpha,

to a

my thoughts are relegated to more

trail of a doe. Tracks from a rabbit, a squirrel.

the river trickling over

in that one-room cabin.

my wolf

wanted it from the first moment

I won’t give into my baser

Well, not in

species.

So I run.

of the mountain until my mouth. hangs open, my muscles ache, and air is burning cold in my

lungs.

before I return.

that I could hear if the engine started

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