Contract With Alpha Logan

Chapter 52

Kylie POV

“How’s this possible?” Graham remarked in a voice that had lost all confidence. “Where’s the mark?”

I was sure that the silence in the Council Hall must have spread to the room on the first floor where the Alphas and the Lunas were sitting. I itched to know Zoe’s response.

I shrugged. “I don’t know how that happened, Graham, but it’s not there. So your argument that your mark binds me to you stands void.”

The shock etched on Graham’s face was epic. He took his fingers to his mark which was nothing but an ugly scar which was so red that I was sure it was burning. He winced in pain upon touching it.

His facial expressions turned from shock to denial to surprise and then to rage. He grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the exit. “This is witchcraft!” he accused me. “You are still my wife and I am taking you!”

A loud growl sounded in the room and all the guards immediately surrounded us. “Leave her!” It was Alpha Logan. He was on my side in a flash. He pulled me away from him and shoved me behind him. “Don’t you f u ck i n g touch her!”

Graham clenched his fist and was about to punch him, when Elder Lester shouted, “Alpha Graham, this is the second time I am asking you to behave in my Council. And this is your last warning.”

“But Elder Lester-” he argued. “She has definitely used witchcraft!”

I was so furious at him by now that something inside me snapped. I emerged from behind Alpha Logan and said, “No, Graham, I haven’t. However, now that it is all cleared, there’s one last thing that I will do.”

horror as he realized what I was about to do. “No,” he rasped.

chin up and said, “I, Kylie Kennedy, of the Nightbloom pack, reject my husband and my mate, Alpha Graham

came; instead, there was only a lingering ache, like something fragile. breaking inside my ch*st . Perhaps that was the last strand connecting me to him, a bond on the verge of breaking. Alpha Logan had wrapped his arms around me from behind, ready to hold me because of the pain,

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I tipped my head up and smiled at

hand on his ch*st as pain surged through him in waves after waves. He doubled over and fell to the ground on his knees right in front of me. I don’t know why, but this was

me, just like before. Every crevice, every nook and corner of my b*dy were filled with renewed energy. With the enthusiasm of a child, Coral awoke within me, eagerly springing onto all fours. When she receded, I had felt like an empty husk, but now that she awakened in me again, I felt a surge of exhilaration. And she

e once

Logan turned me to face him to

next left me stunned. ‘Mate Coral

I blinked my eyes at

me,” he said

the turn of events that my mind couldn’t form

and in a low voice

that Graham and the other Alphas would misconstrue it again. I had been blessed with a

emotions surging through him mimicked mine. His touch, his closeness, and his cedar and musk scent sent shivers down my spine. My wolf yelped inside

Our

Graham’s gravelly