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“Now I’m left to wander which side are you on, Frost.”
“Why would you ask such a question, Alpha? You kn
“You’ve disrespected me, Frost, over a
know exactly which side I am on.
and again, and it’s all because of hes The accusation hung in the air, heavy with implication.
She is my mate, Frost. I do as I please with my mate, and you will not interfere in that. Don’t think I’ll let this slide-
I couldn’t maintain the pretense any longer. I opened my eyes, sitting up with as much dignity as I could muster. “Don’t punish him. It wasn’t his fault, it was mine.”
Kaius’s eyes locked onto mine, a predatory smile spreading across his face. “Elowen, I know you are awake, so quit the pretense, Oh, don’t worry, princess; I wanted you to hear all of that, so you don’t need to lie or pretend you didn’t
“Are you in love with my B
The question caught me off guard with its directness.
my Beta, Frost?” Kaius moved closer, his voice serious yet laced with a smirk…
“Yet she prefers your company,” he said to Frost, watching my
my reaction.
your hope only to hurt you more when I
“No,” I answered truthfully, though I could see the doubt in his eyes.
“I think I prefer ‘not pretending like I have a heart, Kalus continued “No need to raise y don’t live up to expectations; the lower expectations, the better.”
His rapid shifts between threat and bizarre honesty left me reeling
I think
“I want to show you something; I think you would like it,” he said suddenly.
“Are we going to Lysandra?” I couldn’t stop myself from asking.
Again
with Lysandra, could you let that rest a little?” Irritation flashed across his face.
“Why? Are you jealous? The question slipped out before I could think better of it.
“There is nothing shaming about accepting
that you
you were jealous. I was too, when with Orion,” he admitted with surprising candor.
“That too, I conceded quietly,
“I’m a very possessive person, if you didn’t know.” His tone was lighter now, almost conversational. “Come with me.
“And if I don’t want to?”
7 The question was automatic, a reflex of resistance.
“You don’t really have an option here, Elowen.”
The stairwell leading down was dark and narrow, moisture seeping from the stone walls. Each step took us deeper beneath the pack house into spaces I hadn’t known existed
“Do you even know where you are going?” Kaius asked as I hesitated at a fork in
passage.
1/2
L Momitted.
“You are going the wrong way. We are going to pay a visit to the dungeons,
My blood ran cold. The
he dungeons–where I’d seen Kalus torturing that man, where those women were kept captive.
“Afraid I will lock you
kyou in? Don’t worry, I still find you amusing… for ow,” he said, noting my expression.
We descended further, the air growing colder with each step. Finally reached a heavy metal door guarded by two stone–faced wolves. They stepped aside Immediately as Kaius approached.
“What are we going to be doing down there?” I asked, my voice bardly audible.
“Haven’t you wondered how your ex–mate Dorian is faring?”
The question stunned me. “He is alive?”
“Shocking, right? I saved him up for a while, just so you could choose how to end him.”
The cell was small and damp, lit only by a single torch outside the bars. Dorian knelt in the center, chained to the floor, his once handsome face now a map of cuts and bruises. His eyes widened when he saw me, recognition and hatred flashing across his
features.
Kaius pressed something cold and metal into my hand–a gun. The same type of gun Lysandra had given me that day.
“Now you get to make a decision.”
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